NRLMSIS 2.1: An Empirical Model of Nitric Oxide Incorporated Into MSIS
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2022

We have developed an empirical model of nitric oxide (NO) number density at altitudes from similar to 73 km to the exobase, as a function of altitude, latitude, day of year, solar zenith angle, solar activity, and geomagnetic activity. The model is part of the NRLMSIS (R) 2.1 empirical model of atmospheric temperature and species densities; this upgrade to NRLMSIS 2.0 consists solely of the addition of NO. MSIS 2.1 assimilates observations from six space-based instruments: UARS/HALOE, SNOE, Envisat/MIPAS, ACE/FTS, Odin/SMR, and AIM/SOFIE. We additionally evaluated the new model against independent extant NO data sets. In this paper, we describe the formulation and fitting of the model, examine biases between the data sets and model and among the data sets, compare with another empirical NO model (NOEM), and discuss scientific aspects of our analysis.

empirical

model

temperature

nitric oxide

atmosphere

composition

Författare

J. T. Emmert

Naval Research Laboratory

M. Jones

Naval Research Laboratory

D. E. Siskind

Naval Research Laboratory

Computational Physics Inc.

D. P. Drob

Naval Research Laboratory

J. M. Picone

Naval Research Laboratory

M. H. Stevens

Naval Research Laboratory

S. M. Bailey

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

S. Bender

Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet

Birkeland Center for Space Science

P. F. Bernath

Old Dominion University

University of Waterloo

B. Funke

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

M. E. Hervig

GATS, Inc.

Kristell Perot

Chalmers, Rymd-, geo- och miljövetenskap, Geovetenskap och fjärranalys

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

2169-9380 (ISSN) 2169-9402 (eISSN)

Vol. 127 10 e2022JA030896

Ämneskategorier

Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi

Annan samhällsbyggnadsteknik

Sannolikhetsteori och statistik

DOI

10.1029/2022JA030896

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2023-10-26