Abstract
The ionosphere is one of the key components of the near-Earth’s space environment
and has a practical consequence to the human society as a nearest region of the space
environment to the Earth. Therefore, it becomes essential to specify and forecast the
state of the ionosphere using both the observations and numerical models. In particular,
numerical modeling of the ionosphere is a prerequisite not only for better understanding
of the physical processes occurring within the ionosphere but also for the specification
and forecast of the space weather. There are several approaches for modeling the
ionosphere, including data-based empirical modeling, physics-based theoretical modeling
and data assimilation modeling. In this review, these three types of the ionospheric
model are briefly introduced with recently available models. And among those approaches,
fundamental aspects of the physics-based ionospheric model will be described using the
basic equations governing the mid-latitude ionosphere. Then a numerical solution of the
equations will be discussed with required boundary conditions.
Publisher
The Korean Space Science Society
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Physics and Astronomy
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2 articles.
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