Ionospheric Parameters Variations over Middle East Region

An analytical study for the behavior of ionospheric parameters (MUF & FOT) has been made between the capital Baghdad (transmitter station) and many communication points (receiver stations) which are located on different directions over Middle East region. The analytical study have been conducted by adopting the ICEPAC model for seasonal and annual times of the years (2009-2011) within the solar cycle 24. The analytical investigation for the behavior of ionospheric parameters has been conducted for the local (Iraqi) and regional (Middle East) zones. A simplified ionospheric empirical model (SIEM) has been suggested to predict the ionospheric parameters (MUF & FOT). The suggested model based in it's construction on the correlated relationship between the geographical locations coordinates of receiver stations and the dataset of the MUF and FOT parameters that generated from the ICEPAC model. Predictions of the ionospheric parameters using the SIEM model show a good fitting with theoretical values that calculated using the international models. The Mean Square Error values between the predicted and theoretical values gave good results that show a good fitting between the two sets.