Articles | Volume 38, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-1203-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-1203-2020
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24 Nov 2020
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Modeling total electron content derived from radio occultation measurements by COSMIC satellites over the African region

Patrick Mungufeni, Sripathi Samireddipalle, Yenca Migoya-Orué, and Yong Ha Kim

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This study developed a model of total electron content (TEC) over the African region. The TEC data were derived from radio occultation measurements done by the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) satellites. Data during geomagnetically quiet time for the years 2008–2011 and 2013–2017 were binned according to local time, seasons, solar flux level, geographic longitude, and dip latitude. Cubic B splines were used to fit the data for the model.