Surname: Hairston
First Name: Marc
Status= other
Institution: University of Texas at Dallas
E-mail: hairston@utdallas.edu
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Title: 
Performance of the Weimer Ionospheric  Convection Model 
Model with Satellite Data for Space Weather  Applications
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Authors: 
M. Hairston, D. Weimer, 
O. Kivanc and R. Heelis
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Abstract: 
One of the key questions in space weather and ionospheric
modelling is the accuracy of the predictions made by the 
models.  We compare a month's worth of cross polar cap
potentials observed by the DMSP-F13 satellite in the 
northern hemisphere with the predicted patterns from the
Weimer model using concurrent IMF observations.  The
results enable us to judge the performance of the model
under various IMF conditions.

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Discipline Category: Ionosphere