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Daedalus Ionospheric Profile Continuation (DIPCont): Monte Carlo studies assessing the quality of in situ measurement extrapolation
Joachim Vogt
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Science, Constructor University, Campus Ring, 28759 Bremen, Germany
Octav Marghitu
Institute for Space Science, Str. Atomistilor 409, Ro 077125, Bucharest-Măgurele, Romania
Adrian Blagau
School of Science, Constructor University, Campus Ring, 28759 Bremen, Germany
Institute for Space Science, Str. Atomistilor 409, Ro 077125, Bucharest-Măgurele, Romania
Leonie Pick
School of Science, Constructor University, Campus Ring, 28759 Bremen, Germany
Institute for Solar-Terrestrial Physics, German Aerospace Center, Kalkhorstweg 53, 17235 Neustrelitz, Germany
Nele Stachlys
School of Science, Constructor University, Campus Ring, 28759 Bremen, Germany
Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), An der Sternwarte 16, 14482 Potsdam, Germany
Stephan Buchert
Swedish Institute of Space Physics, 75121 Uppsala, Sweden
Theodoros Sarris
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, 67132 Xanthi, Greece
Stelios Tourgaidis
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, 67132 Xanthi, Greece
Thanasis Balafoutis
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, 67132 Xanthi, Greece
Dimitrios Baloukidis
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, 67132 Xanthi, Greece
Panagiotis Pirnaris
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, 67132 Xanthi, Greece
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Motivated by recent community interest in a satellite mission to the atmospheric lower...
