000000696 001__ 696
000000696 005__ 20170116144228.0
000000696 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.1051/swsc/2015045
000000696 037__ $$aSIDCimport-799
000000696 100__ $$aSlemzin, V.A.
000000696 245__ $$aValidation of the Earth atmosphere models using the solar EUV solar occultation data from the CORONAS and PROBA 2 instruments
000000696 260__ $$c2016
000000696 520__ $$aAims: Knowledge of properties of the Earth's upper atmosphere is important for predicting the lifetime of low-orbit spacecraft as well as for planning operation of space instruments whose data may be distorted by atmospheric effects. The accuracy of the models commonly used for simulating the structure of the atmosphere is limited by the scarcity of the observations they are based on, so improvement of these models requires validation under different atmospheric conditions. Measurements of the absorption of the solar extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation in the upper atmosphere below 500 km by instruments operating on low-Earth orbits (LEO) satellites provide efficient means for such validation as well as for continuous monitoring of the upper atmosphere and for studying its response to the solar and geomagnetic activity. Method: This paper presents results of measurements of the solar EUV radiation in the 17 nm wavelength band made with the SPIRIT and TESIS telescopes on board the CORONAS satellites and the SWAP telescope on board the PROBA2 satellite in the occulted parts of the satellite orbits. The transmittance profiles of the atmosphere at altitudes between 150 and 500 km were derived from different phases of solar activity during solar cycles 23 and 24 in the quiet state of the magnetosphere and during the development of a geomagnetic storm. We developed a mathematical procedure based on the Tikhonov regularization method for solution of ill-posed problems in order to retrieve extinction coefficients from the transmittance profiles. The transmittance profiles derived from the data and the retrieved extinction coefficients are compared with simulations carried out with the NRLMSISE-00 atmosphere model maintained by Naval Research Laboratory (USA) and the DTM-2013 model developed at CNES in the framework of the FP7 project ATMOP. Results: Under quiet and slightly disturbed magnetospheric conditions during high and low solar activity the extinction coefficients calculated by both models agreed with the measurements within the data errors. The NRLMSISE-00 model was not able to predict the enhancement of extinction above 300 km observed after 14 h from the beginning of a geomagnetic storm whereas the DTM-2013 model described this variation with good accuracy.
000000696 594__ $$aSTCE
000000696 700__ $$aUlyanov, A.
000000696 700__ $$aGaikovich, K.
000000696 700__ $$aKuzin, S.V.
000000696 700__ $$aPerstov, A.
000000696 700__ $$aBerghmans, D.
000000696 700__ $$aDominique, M.
000000696 773__ $$n27$$pJournal of Space Weather and Space Climate, Volume 6, id.A7$$v6$$y2016
000000696 85642 $$ahttp://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016JSWSC...6A...7S
000000696 905__ $$apublished in
000000696 980__ $$aREFERD