Ionospheric Model Development for Indian Region: A Survey Paper

Abstract

Ionosphere’s role is most important in vigorous satellite communication for the navigation positional correctness purpose. Ionosphere contains diverse layers reliant on its electron density with altitude in the layer. There are various ionospheric models to forecast electron density with temporal resolutions cited by literatures. GPS data is frequently used by these models. So, the necessity is a prerequisite of evolving ionospheric models with different time duration for low latitudes of India. Also, an ionosphere tomography is considered as an ill-posed problem. Ionospheric TEC found simultaneously at numerous locations can be preserved with several algorithms to conquer electron density. This research is proposed for evolving a model to forecast 3D tomography of total electron density for the whole Indian region. Mainly used satellite data can be collected by various means. The management of vast statistics are planned by using data mining techniques and artificial neural network techniques for estimation. This paper is an outcome of detailed research on ionospheric model development.