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NCAR GLOW 0.981 aurora/airglow model for Earth's ionosphere and thermosphere, accessible from Python, Matlab, and Fortran.
Description
The GLobal airglOW Model (GLOW) is a physics-based model for simulating auroral and airglow phenomena in Earth's ionosphere and thermosphere. GLOW computes number densities of neutrals, ions and electrons; Pedersen and Hall currents; volume emission rates versus wavelength and altitude; and precipitating flux versus energy. This implementation provides Python, Matlab, and Fortran interfaces to NCAR GLOW version 0.981, with the Python interface being the recommended approach. The model uses first-principles physics to simulate the effects of auroral precipitation on the upper atmosphere.
Reference Publication
https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA024314
Authors
Michael Hirsch ( Boston University , Scivision, Inc. )
Stanley C. Solomon ( NSF NCAR High Altitude Observatory )
Functionality
Data Processing and Analysis Analysis Data Visualization Line Plots Models and Simulations Empirical First Principles Physics-Based
Technical Details
Programming Languages Fortran77 Fortran90 MATLAB Python 3.x
Operating Systems Linux Mac Operating System Independent Windows
CPU Architecture CPU Independent HPC or HEC x86-64
Development Status Inactive
Publication Date Apr 01, 2005
Publisher Zenodo
Data & File Formats
Input Formats ascii netCDF3/4 Other
Output Formats ascii netCDF3/4 Other
Science Context
Related Regions Earth Atmosphere Earth Ionosphere Earth Thermosphere Earth Auroral Subregion
Keywords
airglow aurora electron precipitation ionosphere pyhc package thermosphere
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Licensing & Funding
License Other
Funders National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Version Information
Current Version v1.4.0
Release Date Sep 01, 2023
Version DOI https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8309940
Release Notes
Require Python >= 3.9; fixed geomagindices package for current Pandas versions. This GLOW implementation remains as an almost zero modification to the original source code. The Matlab/Python interface uses a command line interface to GLOW, running GLOW as a separate process to avoid thread-safety issues.
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