Premium
Thermosphere‐Ionosphere Model Development: A Personal Perspective
Author(s) -
Richmond A. D.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: space physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2169-9402
pISSN - 2169-9380
DOI - 10.1029/2019ja027273
Subject(s) - thermosphere , dynamo , ionosphere , equatorial electrojet , atmospheric sciences , perspective (graphical) , physics , atmosphere (unit) , geophysics , meteorology , earth's magnetic field , computer science , magnetic field , artificial intelligence , quantum mechanics
This is a personal perspective of how some significant upper atmosphere model developments were carried out from the mid‐1960s to the early 1990s, including modeling of the ionospheric wind dynamo, equatorial electrojet, two‐ and three‐dimensional thermospheric dynamics, the disturbance dynamo, interactive thermosphere/ionosphere dynamics and electrodynamics, and mapping of high‐latitude electric fields and currents through data assimilation. Well‐tested models enable exploration and prediction of a large number of phenomena.