SA43C:
Frontiers in Global Change in the Middle Atmosphere and Its Coupling to the Lower Atmosphere I

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
Chairs:  William H. Swartz, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration, Laurel, MD, United States and Xun Zhu, Johns Hopkins Univ, Laurel, MD, United States
Primary Conveners:  Xun Zhu, Johns Hopkins Univ, Laurel, MD, United States
Co-conveners:  William Swartz, Johns Hopkins Univ, Laurel, MD, United States, Ming Cai, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States and Jae Lee, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Jae N Lee, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

1:40 PM
 
Simulation of secular temperature trends in the stratosphere, mesosphere and lower thermosphere
Rolando R Garcia, Natl Ctr Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
1:55 PM
 
Global Distribution of CO2 Volume Mixing Ratio in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere and Long-Term Changes Observed By Saber
Ladislav Rezac1,2, James M Russell III2, Jia Yue3, Yongxiao Jian2, Alexander A Kutepov4, Rolando R Garcia5, Kaley A Walker6 and Peter F Bernath7, (1)Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Planetary, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany, (2)Hampton University, Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States, (3)Hampton University, Hampton, VA, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (5)Natl Ctr Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, (7)Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United States
2:10 PM
 
Interpreting Recent Global-Mean Temperature Changes in the Lower Stratosphere Simulated by Climate Models
Tiehan Zhou, CCSR / NASA GISS, New York, NY, United States, Marvin Alan Geller, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, United States, William G. Martin, Columbia University, Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, New York, NY, United States, Hua Song, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, United States, Shuguang Wang, Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States, Larissa Nazarenko, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States and Kwok-Wai Ken Lo, Trinnovim LLC, New York, NY, United States
2:25 PM
 
The Future of the Stratosphere and the Ozone Layer
Paul A. Newman1, Luke Oman2, Steven Pawson3, Eric L Fleming3, Feng Li4 and Charles H Jackman3, (1)NASA GSFC, Code 610, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)Goddard Earth Science Technology and Research, Greenbelt, MD, United States
2:40 PM
 

MLT Dynamics Related to Major Sudden Stratospheric Warming Events

Varavut Limpasuvan, Coastal Carolina Univ, School of Coastal and Marine Systems Science, Conway, SC, United States, Yvan J Orsolini, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway; University of Bergen, Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Bergen, Norway, Amal Chandran, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Anchorage, AK, United States, Rolando R Garcia, Natl Ctr Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States and Douglas Edward Kinnison, NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States
3:10 PM
 
Why Does a CO2 Increase Cool the Stratosphere?
Sergio Sejas, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
3:25 PM
 
Neutral Air Density Variations Derived from Specular Meteor Echo Observation Spanning One Solar Cycle
Gunter Stober1, Vivien Matthias1, Jorge Luis Chau1 and Peter Brown2, (1)Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn, Germany, (2)University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
 
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