The Atmospheric Chemistry and Energetics (ACE) 1D model, implemented in IDL
Authors: Karthik Venkataramani, Scott M Bailey, Justin Yonker, Srimoyee Samaddar;
Institution: Virginia Tech
The associated paper is now available on arxiv.
Contact: Karthik Venkataramani (karthikvt at vt dot edu) w/ subject line : ACE1D
This is a 1D coupled model of the Earth's thermosphere and ionosphere, and builds upon the work of the Global Average Ionosphere Thermosphere model [GAIT - Smithtro et al., 2005], the Global Mean Model [GMM - Roble et al., 1987], and the Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Electrodynamics General Circulation Model [TIE-GCM, Dickinson et al., 1981]
The model is written in IDL, and is called by running the 'run_ace1d.pro' procedure from the terminal. This file also contains inputs that can be changed (presently, F107 indices and output filename).
I've tried to provide the code needed to reproduce the plots shown here. These codes can be found under the 'plotting' folder. To get the color tables, line weights, and character weights exactly right, run the env_setup code prior to running other codes. I.e., -
IDL> env_setup
% Compiled module: ENV_SETUP.
IDL> plot_diagnostics, '../src/solar_min_max_run.sav', /ps
should generate the below plots :
