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https://doi.org/10.5194/ars-16-1-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/ars-16-1-2018
04 Sep 2018
 | 04 Sep 2018

IRI the International Standard for the Ionosphere

Dieter Bilitza

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This paper gives a brief overview over the International Reference Ionosphere (IRI) project and model. IRI is recognized as the official standard for the ionosphere by the International Standardization Organization (ISO). Of great importance are the external drivers of the model that help IRI to represent ionospheric conditions as realistically as possible. The paper discusses the solar and ionospheric measurements that are used as drivers and presents recent improvements and changes.