The ionospheric equivalent slab thickness: a review supported by a global climatological study over two solar cycles

A Pignalberi, M Pietrella, M Pezzopane, B Nava… - Space Science …, 2022 - Springer
The ionospheric equivalent slab thickness (τ) is a parameter characterizing both the
distribution of the plasma in the ionosphere and the shape of the corresponding vertical …

On the analytical description of the topside ionosphere by NeQuick: Modeling the scale height through COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 selected data

A Pignalberi, M Pezzopane… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The analytical description of the topside ionosphere included in the NeQuick model is
studied in detail. First, the modeled scale height behavior is analyzed at infinity and for the …

[HTML][HTML] Towards cooperative global map** of the ionosphere: Fusion feasibility for IGS and IRI with global climate VTEC maps

A Froń, I Galkin, A Krankowski, D Bilitza… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recommendations of the International Reference Ionosphere (IRI) Workshop 2017 in
Taoyuan City, Taiwan and International GNSS Service (IGS) Workshop 2018 in Wuhan …

Inter-calibration and statistical validation of topside ionosphere electron density observations made by cses-01 mission

A Pignalberi, M Pezzopane, I Coco, M Piersanti… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
The China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES-01) provides in situ electron density (N
e) observations through Langmuir probes (LPs) in the topside ionosphere since February …

On the low-latitude NeQuick topside ionosphere mismodelling: The role of parameters H0, g, and r

M Pezzopane, A Pignalberi, B Nava - Advances in Space Research, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper deals with the well-known mismodelling characterizing the NeQuick topside
ionosphere at low latitudes, ie, the fact that the model keeps the two electron density humps …

Improving topside ionospheric empirical model using FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 data

X Ren, Y Li, D Mei, W Zhu, X Zhang - Journal of Geodesy, 2023 - Springer
The precise description of the topside ionosphere using an ionospheric empirical model has
always been a work in progress. The NeQuick topside model is greatly enhanced by …

Midlatitude climatology of the ionospheric equivalent slab thickness over two solar cycles

A Pignalberi, B Nava, M Pietrella, C Cesaroni… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The main climatological features of the ionospheric equivalent slab thickness (τ) for the
Northern hemisphere midlatitudes are analyzed. F2-layer peak electron density values …

Performance evaluation of IRI-Plas 2017 model with ionosonde data measurements of ionospheric parameters

L Endeshaw, A Seyoum - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
This study presents an evaluation of the performance of the International Reference
Ionosphere Model augmented with the Plasmasphere (IRI Plas 2017) from the Addis Ababa …

The ESA Swarm mission to help ionospheric modeling: A new NeQuick topside formulation for mid-latitude regions

M Pezzopane, A Pignalberi - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The ionospheric topside representation made by the NeQuick model is improved by
correcting the H 0 parameter used by the model to calculate the topside scale height. The …

A comparison of the topside electron density measured by the Swarm satellites and incoherent scatter radars over Resolute Bay, Canada

B Larson, AV Koustov, AF Kouznetsov… - Radio …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electron density measured at high latitudes by the Swarm satellites is compared with the
measurements by the RISR incoherent scatter radars as the satellites fly by the radars' field …