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STP12 Abstracts<br />

Berlin, 12 - 16 July <strong>2010</strong><br />

SCOSTEP Symposium <strong>2010</strong><br />

An index to describe global ionospheric variability using satellite-borne solar EUV<br />

measurements<br />

Unglaub Claudia 1 , Jacobi Christoph 1 , Schmidtke Gerhard 2 , Nikutowski Bernd 2 , Brunner Raimund 2<br />

1 University of Leipzig, <strong>Institut</strong>e for Meteorology, 2 Fraunhofer IPM, Freiburg<br />

Primary ionisation of major ionospheric constituents is calculated from SolACES <strong>an</strong>d<br />

TIMED-SEE solar EUV measurements in the wavelength r<strong>an</strong>ge 16-135 nm, <strong>an</strong>d number<br />

densities of the background atmosphere taken from the NRLMSIS-E climatology. From the<br />

calculated ionisation rates, a global EUV-TEC index is <strong>der</strong>ived, which describes the<br />

ionospheric response on solar EUV <strong>an</strong>d its variability from the last solar maximum to date.<br />

The index is compared against global me<strong>an</strong> ionisation values taken from TEC maps. The<br />

index describes global TEC variability better th<strong>an</strong> other indices like F10.7 do. The EUV-TEC<br />

index may be used for scientific research, <strong>an</strong>d to describe the ionospheric effects on radio<br />

communication <strong>an</strong>d navigation systems.

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