Assimilative analysis of equatorial ionospheric electrodynamics using a coupled thermosphere-ionosphere model during a moderate storm period

Chih Ting Hsu1, Tomoko Matsuo1, Russell Stoneback2, Astrid I Maute3, Liam M Kilcommons4 and Chuan-Ping Lien5, (1)University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States, (3)NCAR/HAO, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)University of Colorado Boulder, Ann and H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States