Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation RAS
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation RAS
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
The E-Region Auroral Ionosphere Model (AIM-E) was developed to determine the chemical composition and electron density in the auroral zone at E-layer heights (90–150 km). Solar and magnetic activity input parameters for AIM-E are the three-hour Ap index and the daily solar radio flux at a wavelength of 10.7 cm (index F10.7). In this paper, we compare AIM-E calculations of the electron density for the daytime with EUV radiation spectrum specified in two different ways: 1) the EUV spectrum theoretically calculated using the F10.7 index as an input parameter; 2) using TIMED satellite direct measurements of the EUV spectrum. We have corrected the EUVAC EUV radiation model to specify a photoionization source in AIM-E. Calculations of regular E-region critical frequencies show good agreement with the vertical sounding data from Russian high-latitude stations. Results we obtained make it possible to do a quick on-line assessment of the regular E layer, using the daily index F10.7 as an input parameter.
high-latitude ionosphere, auroral oval, E layer, numerical simulation, EUV, photoionization, electron density
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