SA21B:
Thermospheric Composition Variability and Its Coupling to the Ionosphere I

Session ID#: 2960

Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
2016 (Moscone West)
Chairs:  Yongliang Zhang, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States and Larry J Paxton, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Primary Convener:  Yongliang Zhang, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Co-conveners:  Larry J Paxton, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, Timothy J Fuller-Rowell, Univ of Colorado/CIRES, Boulder, United States and Delores Knipp, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Timothy J Fuller-Rowell, Univ of Colorado/CIRES, Boulder, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • SH - SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics
  • SM - SPA-Magnetospheric Physics
Index Terms:

2427 Ionosphere/atmosphere interactions [IONOSPHERE]
2441 Ionospheric storms [IONOSPHERE]
2788 Magnetic storms and substorms [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]
3369 Thermospheric dynamics [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
Virtual Option?: No

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

SA21B-01
Observations of Radiative Cooling By Nitric Oxide and Carbon Dioxide in the E and F Regions: Implications for Space Weather and Space Climate (Invited) (2354)
Martin G Mlynczak, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, Linda A Hunt, SSAI, Hampton, VA, United States, James M Russell III, Hampton University, Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States and The SABER Science Team
SA21B-02
Short Time-Scale Enhancements to the Global Thermosphere Temperature and Nitric Oxide Content Resulting From Ionospheric Joule Heating (12849)
Daniel R Weimer, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Martin G Mlynczak, NASA Langley Research Ctr, Hampton, United States, Linda A Hunt, SSAI, Hampton, VA, United States and Eric K Sutton, Air Force Research Laboratory Kirtland AFB, Kirtland AFB, NM, United States
SA21B-03
Recent Results of the Remote Sensing of the O/N2 Ratio in the 100 to 200 Km Altitude Region (Invited) (2495)
James H Hecht, The Aerospace Corp, Los Angeles, United States
SA21B-04
Composition and the Winter Anomaly (7530)
Alan Geoffrey Burns1, Wenbin Wang2, Liying Qian3, Stanley C Solomon1, Yongliang Zhang4, Larry J Paxton4 and Jeffrey P Thayer5, (1)NCAR, HAO, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, United States, (3)National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (5)University of Colorado Boulder, Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, United States
SA21B-05
Localized High-Latitude Ionosphere-Thermosphere Ionization Events during the High Speed Stream Interval of 29 April – 5 May 2011 (5984)
Olga P Verkhoglyadova1, Anthony J Mannucci2, Bruce Tsurutani1, Martin G Mlynczak3, Linda A Hunt4, Robert J Redmon5 and Janet C Green6, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)NASA Langley Research Ctr, Hampton, United States, (4)SSAI, Hampton, VA, United States, (5)NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Boulder, United States, (6)GeoSynergy, Golden, United States
SA21B-06
Observations of the O+ (2P-2D) 732 and 733 nm Thermospheric Airglow Emissions with the Wind Imaging Interferometer Leading to Atomic Oxygen Concentrations and ionospheric Winds (22996)
Gordon G Shepherd and Young-Min Cho, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
SA21B-07
Helium as a Dynamical Tracer in the Thermosphere (Invited) (2496)
Jeffrey P Thayer, University of Colorado at Boulder, Ann and H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, United States, Xianjing Liu, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Wenbin Wang, National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, United States and Alan Geoffrey Burns, NCAR, HAO, Boulder, CO, United States
SA21B-08
Quantification of upper thermosphere composition and its dynamic charge exchange coupling to the mid-latitude topside ionosphere (25619)
Lara Waldrop1, Larry J Paxton2, Nestor Aponte3 and Sixto A. Gonzalez3, (1)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Urbana, IL, United States, (2)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (3)SRI International Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States
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