GLOBAL TEC MODELS

National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography

Global empirical TEC models based on the CODE TEC data

The ionospheric total electron content (TEC) is a key parameter for describing the impact of the ionosphere on the propagation of radio signals. Understanding the variability of TEC is crucial for the operation of many applications, as navigation satellite systems like Global Positioning System (GPS), Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), and the future Galileo system.
Two global empirical TEC models are built by using the Center for Orbit Determination of Europe (CODE) TEC data (ftp://ftp.aiub.unibe.ch/CODE/) for full 13 years, 1999-2011. The background TEC model (for details see the two PDF files, [PDF1], [PDF2]) offers 31-day running median TEC maps for a month ahead at a given UT. The TEC model response to geomagnetic activity (for details see the PDF file) presents a current and 24 hours ahead TEC maps.
The work on the TEC models was supported by the European Office of Aerospace Research and Development (EOARD), Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Force Material Command, USAF, under grant number FA8655-12-1-2057 to D. Pancheva (for contact).

NEW! Forecast of TEC over Balkan Peninsula.

1. Global empirical background TEC model	2. Global empirical model of TEC response to geomagnetic activity
The hourly median TEC maps for January 01, 2012 are shown where the development of the Weddell Sea Anomaly can be clearly reproduced by the background TEC model.	The geomagnetically forced TEC anomalies, expressed by the relative deviation of TEC from its 15-day median (rTEC) for October 29 - November 01, 2003 demonstrate the global TEC response to the famous Halloween geomagnetic storm. A detailed comparison between the data and model see HERE
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