Ionosphere-Thermosphere Data Published in "Challenges to Understanding the Earth's Ionosphere and Thermosphere"

These data sets accompany an AGU Centennial publication "Challenges to Understanding the Earth's Ionosphere and Thermosphere" by R.A. Heelis and A. Maute. The data file tiegcm_totTgcm.s_181_12UT_GCpaper.nc is output from a thermosphere-ionosphere-electrodynamics general circulation model (TIEGCM) simulation described in the publication (DOI:10.1007/s11214-017-0330-3). The simulation is for 2009 solar minimum conditions. The ionospheric current and neutral wind in file "heelis_empirical_f130_12UT_extracted.nc" is based on a stand-alone dynamo model (described in doi:10.1002/2017JA024841) driven by the Horizontal Wind Model and ionospheric conductivities based on empirical models of the ionosphere (IRI) and the neutral atmosphere (MSIS). The calculation is for solar medium condition (F10.7=130) and DOY 181 under geomagnetic quiescent times.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2009-06-30T12:00:00
    End:  2009-06-30T12:00:00

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2009-06-30T12:00:00
Temporal Range End 2009-06-30T12:00:00
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Bounding Box North Lat 90.0
Bounding Box South Lat -90.0
Bounding Box West Long -180.0
Bounding Box East Long 180.0
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Spatial Resolution 2.5 degreesLatitude
2.5 degreesLongitude
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Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Electrodynamics General Circulation Model for the Ionospheric Connection Explorer: TIEGCM-ICON : Maute, A. (2017). Space science reviews, 212(1-2), 523-551.
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Resource Support Name Astrid Maute
Resource Support Email maute@ucar.edu
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Author Maute, Astrid
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - GDEX
Publication Date 2019-10-21
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/e3ed-hz60
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Metadata Date 2022-01-12T11:05:49-07:00
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::6d5c2b37-af01-4441-b7ad-bdda4895da60
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Maute, Astrid. (2019). Ionosphere-Thermosphere Data Published in "Challenges to Understanding the Earth's Ionosphere and Thermosphere". UCAR/NCAR - GDEX. https://doi.org/10.5065/e3ed-hz60. Accessed 27 October 2025.

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