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Quan%fying the storm effects on the modeled neutral density varia%ons on the CHAMP satellite track December, 2006 storm Emine Ceren Kalafatoglu Eyiguler 1,2 Ja Soon Shim 1 Maria M. Kuznetsova 1 Zerefsan Kaymaz 2 1. NASA/GSFC Community Coordinated Modeling Center, USA 2. Istanbul Technical University, TR

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Quan%fying  the  storm  effects  on  the  modeled  neutral  density  varia%ons    on  the  CHAMP  satellite  track  

December,  2006  storm  

Emine  Ceren  Kalafatoglu  Eyiguler  1,2  Ja  Soon  Shim1  

Maria  M.  Kuznetsova1  Zerefsan  Kaymaz2  

1.  NASA/GSFC  Community  Coordinated  Modeling  Center,  USA  2.  Istanbul  Technical  University,  TR  

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Purpose  and  Methodology  

• Subtract  quiet  %me  or  climatological  varia%on  

Original  observa%on  and  models  

Modeled  and  observed  

storm  effect  

How  to  filter  storm  effect  1)  Quick  and  Dirty:  ShiV  all  the  quiet  %me  

model  es%ma%ons  to  CHAMP  quiet  %me  observa%ons  (data  shiV  to  CHAMP)  

2)  Quick  and  dirty-­‐2:Remove  the  quiet  %me  average  from  CHAMP  observa%ons  and  each  model  

3)  More  tedious:  Subtract  the  climatological  background  varia%ons  from  the  observa%on  and  models  

Purpose:  Inves%gate  the  storm  effect  on  the  neutral  density  es%ma%on  of  IT  models    

Key  points  of  this  study:  1.  The  use  of  orbit  averaged  values:  

Important  for  satellite  drag  applica%ons  and  parameters  which  are  dependent  on  energy  storage  and  release  with  %me  

2.  Removal  of  the  background  values  using  different  approaches  

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Event:  13-­‐17  December,  2006  storm  

CHAMP  satellite  Approximately  15  orbits  per  day  

MAIN  RECOVERY  

INITIAL  

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UnshiVed  Orbit  Averaged  Model  Results  and  CHAMP  observa%ons  

Quiet  Time:  1.  CTIPe-­‐SWMF,  CTIPe-­‐AMIE,  

CTIPe-­‐Weimer  es%ma%ons  are  close  to  CHAMP  

2.  MSIS,  TIEGCM  versions  with  Heelis  and  Weimer  overes%mate  the  quiet  %me  density  

 Storm  Time  enhancements  cannot  be  directly  seen.    Climatology  is  affec%ng  the  model  es%ma%ons.  

QUITE  TIME  INTERVAL  

INITIAL   MAIN  

RECOVERY  

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Quick  &  Dirty:  Quiet  %me  Model  values  shiVed  to  quiet  %me  CHAMP  values  

Storm-­‐%me  behavior  of  the  models  are  filtered    For  example:  Without  shiV:  TIEGCM  seems  to  overes%mate  the  storm  effects    With  shiV:  TIEGCM  depicts  beder  performance  in  the  es%ma%on  of  storm  effect  on  neutral  density    

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FILTERED  STORM  EFFECT  DIRECT  MODEL  RESULTS  

ZOOMING  INTO  THE  STORM  PHASES:  COMPARISON  OF  MEAN  NEUTRAL  DENSITIES  SHIFTED  MODEL  RESULTS  UNSHIFTED  MODEL  RESULTS  

Comparison  between  unshiVed  and  shiVed  model  performances  

Parameters  chosen:  Quiet  %me  density  average,  storm  %me  density  average,  peak  density  during  the  storm,  %me  of  the  peak  

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Other  ShiVing  Methods  and  Comparison  between  the  methods:  Sample:  CHAMP,  MSIS  and  TIEGCM  with  WEIMER  

Storm  %me  average  density  difference  from  CHAMP  is  affected  by  the  shiVing  method  chosen.  However,  choosing  methods  1  or  2  don’t  exhibit  any  significant  difference  from  each  other  in  average  quiet  %me  and  peak  density  differences  from  CHAMP.    

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Discussion  and  Conclusion  For  this  sample  event:  

ü  Orbit  averaging    is  proven  to  be  useful  in  determining    the  global  response  of  the  thermosphere  to  the  ongoing  storm  

ü  Background  shiVing  is  especially  efficient  for  the  models  which  have  devia%ons  from  CHAMP  observa%ons  during  quiet  %me  

ü  Results  can  be  misleading  without  shiVing  ü  Without  shiV:  Average  of  the  storm  density  is  not  very  meaningful  

ü  Best  performing  model  changes  according  to  the  storm  phase  under  inves%ga%on  ü  With  shiV:  Taking  storm  %me  density  average  becomes  meaningful:    

ü  Best  performing  model  according  to  the  storm  phase  doesn’t  change  and  is    consistent  with  the  model  performing  best  in  capturing  the  storm  %me  density  average  

ü  Using  shiVing  methods  1  or  2  doesn’t  make  any  significant  change  in  the  model  performance  calcula%ons  (each  can  be  chosen  as  the  quick  and  dirty  method)  

ü  However,  removing  the  background  varia%ons  as  in  ShiV3  should  be  studied  in  more  detail  as  it  exhibits  difference  and  gives  informa%on  about  the  climatology.  

Discussion:  Storm  Phase  integrated  values  Event  averaging=one  number  for  event?    Orbit  averaging  challenge  

This  work  has  been  conducted  via  the  international  collaboration  between  Istanbul  Technical  University  Upper  Atmosphere  and  Space  Weather  Lab  (ITU-­‐UASW),  TR    and  the  NASA-­‐GSFC/CCMC,  with  Rinancial  support  from  TUBITAK  International  Doctoral  Research  Fellowship  Programme,  TINCEL  foundation  and  ITU.