Würzburg 2018 – scientific programme

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EP: Fachverband Extraterrestrische Physik

EP 1: Near Earth Space

EP 1.5: Invited Talk

Monday, March 19, 2018, 17:45–18:15, BSZ - Pabel HS

Ionospheric research based on well-established and new monitoring methods — •Jens Berdermann — German Aerospace Center, Institute of Communication and Navigation, Neustrelitz, Germany

The ionosphere is an ionized layer ranging from about 50 km till 1000 km around the earth and is mainly generated by the solar irradiance. Ionospheric key parameters such as electron density, ion composition and plasma temperature are strongly dependent on geographic/geomagnetic location as well as on diurnal, seasonal, solar cycle and space weather effects. During the past decades a growing number of observations are available with the potential to significantly improve monitoring and modelling of the ionosphere. This is important since radio signals transmitted by modern communication, navigation and Earth observation systems are influenced during propagation through or by reflection at the ionosphere, depending on the used frequency. Therefore the combination of ground- and space-based data in combination with appropriate models can provide unique information about the ionosphere. We like to discuss how well established and new ionospheric measuring and modelling methods help to improve our understanding of the ionosphere and its dynamics.