MSIS Visualizer

The MSIS Visualizer is a tool that interactively displays the output from the Naval Research Laboratory's Mass Spectrometer Incoherent Scatter Radar NRLMSIS model. NRLMSIS is an empirical model used to determine the temperature and density of species in the upper atmosphere.

References

Please acknowledge the University of Colorado Space Weather Technology, Research, and Education Center (SWx TREC) and cite the original papers if you make use of this model in a publication.

pymsis

Lucas, G. (2021). pymsis [Computer software]. doi:10.5281/zenodo.5348502

MSIS2.1

Emmert, J. T., Jones, M., Siskind, D. E., Drob, D. P., Picone, J. M., Stevens, M. H., et al. (2022). NRLMSIS 2.1: An empirical model of nitric oxide incorporated into MSIS. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 127, e2022JA030896. doi:10.1029/2022JA030896

MSIS2.0

Emmert, J. T., Drob, D. P., Picone, J. M., Siskind, D. E., Jones, M., Mlynczak, M. G., et al. (2020). NRLMSIS 2.0: A whole‐atmosphere empirical model of temperature and neutral species densities. Earth and Space Science, 7, e2020EA001321. doi:10.1029/2002JA009430

MSISE-00

Picone, J. M., Hedin, A. E., Drob, D. P., and Aikin, A. C., (2002). NRLMSISE‐00 empirical model of the atmosphere: Statistical comparisons and scientific issues, J. Geophys. Res., 107( A12), 1468, doi:10.1029/2002JA009430

Acknowledgements

This tool has benefited from conversations with many people in the community. In particular, it has benefited from Liam Kilcommon's work on AtModWeb that demonstrated how beneficial web-based communication tools can be for the geospace community.