Next-decade needs for 3-D ionosphere imaging
Accurately imaging the 3-D ionospheric variation and its temporal evolution has always been a challenging task for the space weather community. Recent decades have witnessed tremendous steps forward in implementing ionospheric imaging, with the rapid growth of ionospheric data availability from mult...
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| author | Ercha Aa Victoriya V. Forsythe Shun-Rong Zhang Wenbin Wang Anthea J. Coster |
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| description | Accurately imaging the 3-D ionospheric variation and its temporal evolution has always been a challenging task for the space weather community. Recent decades have witnessed tremendous steps forward in implementing ionospheric imaging, with the rapid growth of ionospheric data availability from multiple ground-based and space-borne sources. 3-D ionospheric imaging can yield altitude-resolved electron density and total electron content (TEC) distribution in the target region. It offers an essential tool for better specification and understanding of ionospheric dynamical variations, as well as for space weather applications to support government and industry preparedness and mitigation of extreme space weather impact. To better meet the above goals within the next decade, this perspective paper recommends continuous investment across agencies and joint studies through the community, in support of advancing 3-D ionospheric imaging approach with finer resolution and precision, better error covariance specification and uncertainty quantification, improved ionospheric driver estimation, support space weather nowcast and forecast, and sustained effort to increase global data coverage. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fcb045f976d74111b44b8af548d2a6272023-05-22T04:46:42ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences2296-987X2023-05-011010.3389/fspas.2023.11865131186513Next-decade needs for 3-D ionosphere imagingErcha Aa0Victoriya V. Forsythe1Shun-Rong Zhang2Wenbin Wang3Anthea J. Coster4Haystack Observatory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Westford, MA, United StatesSpace Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United StatesHaystack Observatory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Westford, MA, United StatesHigh Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United StatesHaystack Observatory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Westford, MA, United StatesAccurately imaging the 3-D ionospheric variation and its temporal evolution has always been a challenging task for the space weather community. Recent decades have witnessed tremendous steps forward in implementing ionospheric imaging, with the rapid growth of ionospheric data availability from multiple ground-based and space-borne sources. 3-D ionospheric imaging can yield altitude-resolved electron density and total electron content (TEC) distribution in the target region. It offers an essential tool for better specification and understanding of ionospheric dynamical variations, as well as for space weather applications to support government and industry preparedness and mitigation of extreme space weather impact. To better meet the above goals within the next decade, this perspective paper recommends continuous investment across agencies and joint studies through the community, in support of advancing 3-D ionospheric imaging approach with finer resolution and precision, better error covariance specification and uncertainty quantification, improved ionospheric driver estimation, support space weather nowcast and forecast, and sustained effort to increase global data coverage.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2023.1186513/full3-D ionosphere imagingionospheric data assimilationelectron densityTECnext-decade needsspace weather |
| spellingShingle | Ercha Aa Victoriya V. Forsythe Shun-Rong Zhang Wenbin Wang Anthea J. Coster Next-decade needs for 3-D ionosphere imaging Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 3-D ionosphere imaging ionospheric data assimilation electron density TEC next-decade needs space weather |
| title | Next-decade needs for 3-D ionosphere imaging |
| title_full | Next-decade needs for 3-D ionosphere imaging |
| title_fullStr | Next-decade needs for 3-D ionosphere imaging |
| title_full_unstemmed | Next-decade needs for 3-D ionosphere imaging |
| title_short | Next-decade needs for 3-D ionosphere imaging |
| title_sort | next decade needs for 3 d ionosphere imaging |
| topic | 3-D ionosphere imaging ionospheric data assimilation electron density TEC next-decade needs space weather |
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