TNA to UPS-IRAP Node

Description of the infrastructure
  • TRANSPLANET
  • Online access to IPIM model
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    • Restricted access
      • Photoionization
      • Species: Neutrals (not solved), Ions
  • Multiple flux tubes
  • Batch runs
    • Email for completion
  • Data in different formats
    • Open data access
    • Full parameters
      • Binary IPIM format
    • Main parameters
      • NetCDF
      • CDF

     

Products

IPIM features:

Interhemispheric model

  • ionosphere-plasmasphere description
    • at mid- and low- latitudes
  • transport equations solved along flux tubes
    • closed magnetic field line :interhemispheric
    • open magnetic field line : High latitude
  • Coverage
    • latitudes
      • interhemispheric: 10° < │Mlat │ < 60°
      • High latitude: >60°
    • Altitudes
      • Minimum: 80-90 km
      • interhemispheric 6 Re
      • High latitude ≤ 6 Re
  • Magnetic field lines
    • Tilted and eccentric dipole

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IPIM architecure:

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Areas of access

  • Validation of the IPIM model results especially during solar eclipses, solar flares, CIRs or CMEs, using data from ionospheric stations, SuperDARN radars and GNSS satellite signals.
  • Quantification of Joule heating and energetic particle precipitation heating at auroral latitudes through IPIM modeling fed with realistic inputs such as SuperDARN convection, satellite particle precipitation.
  • Assessment of the thermosphere characteristics during perturbed periods (CIRs, CMEs) and their effect on the IPIM ionosphere modeling at high and middle latitudes. Comparison with ionospheric observations (ionosondes, EISCAT radars…).

     

Info

TNA to UPS-IRAP Node info (downloadable pdf file)

Contact persons: Pierre-Louis Blelly (pierre-louis.blelly@irap.omp.eu)