Table of Contents
1Foreword
2SummaryofReferenceandStandardIonospheres
3GlobalIonosphereModels
4USUTime-DependentModeloftheGlobalIonosphere
5NCARThermosphere-Ionosphere-ElectrodynamicsGeneral
CirculationModel
6CoupledThermosphere-IonosphereModel
7CoupledThermosphere-Ionosphere-PlasmasphereModel
8AFRLGlobalTheoreticalIonosphericModel
9ParameterizedIonosphericModel
10InternationalReferenceIonosphere
11EmpiricalModeloftheIonosphere
12TheSheffieldUniversityPlasmasphere-IonosphereModel
13ThefieldLineInterhemisphericPlasmaModel
14LowerIonosphere
15DRegion
16ERegion
17KeyRelatedProperties
18ElectricFields
19NeutralWinds
20Temperature
21ParticlesandCurrents
22IonosphericEffects
23Scintillation-C31/NavigationOutage
24ClutterandTrough-HF/VHFLoss
25TEC-NavigationErrors Abstract
Gives guidance for selection of ionospheric models for engineering design or scientific research. Covers content of the models, uncertainties and limitations, technical basis, databases which form the models, publication references, and sources of computer codes for approximately 30 ionospheric models.