A new method for improving the performance of an ionospheric model developed by multi-instrument measurements based on artificial neural network
| Autor: | Yi Shen, Wang Li, Kefei Zhang, Andong Hu, Dongsheng Zhao, Changyong He |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Artificial neural network
Atmospheric Science 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences COSMIC Aerospace Engineering Radiation 01 natural sciences Physics::Geophysics Latitude law.invention law Ionization 0103 physical sciences 010303 astronomy & astrophysics Ionospheric model 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Physics COSMIC cancer database Data correction Astronomy and Astrophysics Geodesy Geophysics Amplitude Space and Planetary Science Universal Time Physics::Space Physics General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ionosonde Ionosphere |
| Zdroj: | Advances in Space Research, 67(1), 20-34 |
| ISSN: | 0273-1177 |
| Popis: | There are remarkable ionospheric discrepancies between space-borne (COSMIC) measurements and ground-based (ionosonde) observations, the discrepancies could decrease the accuracies of the ionospheric model developed by multi-source data seriously. To reduce the discrepancies between two observational systems, the peak frequency (foF2) and peak height (hmF2) derived from the COSMIC and ionosonde data are used to develop the ionospheric models by an artificial neural network (ANN) method, respectively. The averaged root-mean-square errors (RMSEs) of COSPF (COSMIC peak frequency model), COSPH (COSMIC peak height model), IONOPF (Ionosonde peak frequency model) and IONOPH (Ionosonde peak height model) are 0.58 MHz, 19.59 km, 0.92 MHz and 23.40 km, respectively. The results indicate that the discrepancies between these models are dependent on universal time, geographic latitude and seasons. The peak frequencies measured by COSMIC are generally larger than ionosonde’s observations in the nighttime or middle-latitudes with the amplitude of lower than 25%, while the averaged peak height derived from COSMIC is smaller than ionosonde’s data in the polar regions. The differences between ANN-based maps and references show that the discrepancies between two ionospheric detecting techniques are proportional to the intensity of solar radiation. Besides, a new method based on the ANN technique is proposed to reduce the discrepancies for improving ionospheric models developed by multiple measurements, the results indicate that the RMSEs of ANN models optimized by the method are 14–25% lower than the models without the application of the method. Furthermore, the ionospheric model built by the multiple measurements with the application of the method is more powerful in capturing the ionospheric dynamic physics features, such as equatorial ionization, Weddell Sea, mid-latitude summer nighttime and winter anomalies. In conclusion, the new method is significant in improving the accuracy and physical characteristics of an ionospheric model based on multi-source observations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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