I am investigating thermospheric mass density profiles between 300-800 km altitude. I would like to compare the variability with other parameters, including temperature, electron content, etc.
Thank you
Hello Andres.
You may find following document interesting. It's quite old, but hopefully atmosphere haven't changed too much as time went by.
NASA-TM-X-74335 1976. U.S. Standard atmosphere. Washington DC : National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1976. 227 p.
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19770009539
You can find it from the Communitu Modelling Center of Nasa, just asking them the date/month/year you are looking for. They used TIE-GCM model
Dear Wondimeneh Demissew , The existing models are unable to represent with high precision and acuracy the actual variability. There is a lack of measurements (observational data), especially in the form of altitudinal profiles from about 300 to 800 km. As long as I know, only ionospheric profiles from GPS radio occultation can provide such kind of data, while measuring profiles of temperature, density, etc. seem to be a challenge.
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