Launch the interactive version in a browser with Binder:
This notebook is designed to give a quick interactive overview of the MSIS model and how adjusting the input parameters affects the upper atmosphere. We will go through a few quick examples and demonstrations, before the homework problems towards the end of the notebook.
If you prefer a web interface to coding, there is also an interactive website here: https://msis.swx-trec.com/visualizer that you can follow along with and download all of the necessary data for the homework problems.
The MSIS model is developed by the Naval Research Laboratory.
Note that the MSIS2 code is not available for commercial use without contacting NRL. See the MSIS2 license file for explicit details. We do not repackage any of the MSIS source code in this repository for that reason. However, we do provide utilities to easily download and extract the original source code. By using that code you agree to their terms and conditions.
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. 10.1029/2002JA009430
MSISE-00
Picone, J. M., Hedin, A. E., Drob, D. P., and Aikin, A. C., NRLMSISE‐00 empirical model of the atmosphere: Statistical comparisons and scientific issues, J. Geophys. Res., 107( A12), 1468, doi:10.1029/2002JA009430, 2002.