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The measurements of the critical frequencies of the ionospheric F2 layer based on vertical radiosounding, which was performed with a CADI digital ionosonde at the Voeykovo magnetic–ionospheric observatory in February 2013, have been considered. The observations have been compared with the upper atmosphere numerical model (UAM) data for three days that differ in the amplitude and the character of solar and magnetic activity and correspond to quiet and moderately disturbed states of the ionosphere. The work was performed in order to improve the methods for determining the ionospheric state by vertical sounding ionograms. The time variations in the F2 layer critical frequency, electric field vector zonal component, and thermospheric wind velocity meridional component have been analyzed. Calculations were performed with three UAM variants. The UAM version providing the best agreement with the CADI ionosonde data was the version in which the neutral temperature, neutral composition, and pressure gradients are calculated according to the MSIS empirical model and the horizontal neutral wind velocity is determined by the equation of motion with pressure gradients from MSIS. The calculated values corresponded to the measurements, except those for the evening, because the electron density at the ionospheric F2 layer maximum depends more strongly on electric fields and thermospheric wind velocities during this period. Thus, the indicated UAM version with the above limitations can be used to determine the state of the subauroral ionosphere.
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Original Russian Text © M.V. Rybakov, A.A. Namgaladze, M.I. Karpov, 2016, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2016, Vol. 56, No. 5, pp. 639–644.
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Rybakov, M.V., Namgaladze, A.A. & Karpov, M.I. Comparison of ionospheric parameters calculated with UAM and measured at Voeykovo observatory. Geomagn. Aeron. 56, 604–609 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793216040186
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