An Interactive Data Language software package to calculate ionospheric conductivity by using numerical models

The Inter-university Upper atmosphere Global Observation NETwork (IUGONET) project focuses on handling ground-based observational data of the upper atmosphere. To this end, the project members have been developing a data analysis software package which is based on Interactive Data Language (IDL). Filling the spatial gaps in observational data requires the use of numerical models. In this paper, we discuss an IDL software package for global ionospheric conductivity by integration of 3rd party numerical models. The model can be used to create further derived models. Program Title: iug ionospheric cond Catalogue identifier: Program summary URL: Licensing provisions: Standard CPC license, http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/licence/licence.html. Programming language: IDL-7.1. Computer: All Ubuntu based computers. Tested on Virtual Box. Operating system: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.