Abstract:
The ionospheric layers critical parameters are very vital for application of terrestrial
communication; however due to lack of observation, especially, in Africa sector, they are
not well characterized. Fortunately ionosonde station in Djibouti has measured ionospheric
layers parameters for about a decade, but the data from this station has not been used for
detail investigations of the characteristics of the ionosphere, thus thesis presents the
statistical study of ionospheric critical parameters by using long- time data in East Africa
longitudinal sector. The ionosonde measurement is used to validate the known ionospheric
model, i.e., the IR-2016.The performance of IRI-2016 in reproducing foF1 and foF2 is
validated over Djibouti (Geographic latitude 11.50N and longitude 42.80E), East Africa by
considering ionosonde measurements deployed at Djibouti. The modeled and observed
ionosonde data of foF2 and foF1 was analyzed for the year from 1971to 1981 in terms of
monthly, seasonal and mean annual variations. therfore our result indicates that the
maximum foF2 was observed during equinoctial months whereas the minimum was
recorded during solstice months. Besides, the model could capture trends, dynamics and
peak values of the measured foF2 and foF1. The model overestimated the observed foF2
and foF1 values in most cases. The miss modeling analysis indicated that the annual or
monthly deviation of modeled foF2 from observed values can reach up to 5MHz.