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

Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Yongliang Zhang, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States and Larry J Paxton, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Primary Conveners:  Yongliang Zhang, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Co-conveners:  Larry J Paxton, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, Timothy J Fuller-Rowell, Univ of Colorado-CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States and Delores J Knipp, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Timothy J Fuller-Rowell, Univ of Colorado-CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
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
Martin G Mlynczak, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, Linda A Hunt, SSAI, Hampton, VA, United States and James M Russell III, Hampton University, Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States
8:16 AM
SA21B-02
 
Short Time-Scale Enhancements to the Global Thermosphere Temperature and Nitric Oxide Content Resulting From Ionospheric Joule Heating
Daniel R Weimer, Virginia Tech, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Martin G Mlynczak, NASA Langley Research Ctr, Hampton, VA, 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
8:30 AM
SA21B-03
 
Recent Results of the Remote Sensing of the O/N2 Ratio in the 100 to 200 Km Altitude Region
James H Hecht, The Aerospace Corp, Los Angeles, CA, United States
8:46 AM
SA21B-04
 
Composition and the Winter Anomaly
Alan Geoffrey Burns1, Wenbin Wang1, Liying Qian2, Stanley C Solomon3, Yongliang Zhang4, Larry J Paxton4 and Jeffrey P Thayer5, (1)NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)NCAR High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (5)University of Colorado at Boulder - CU, Boulder, CO, United States
9:02 AM
SA21B-05
 
Localized High-Latitude Ionosphere-Thermosphere Ionization Events during the High Speed Stream Interval of 29 April – 5 May 2011
Olga P Verkhoglyadova1, Anthony J Mannucci2, Bruce T. 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, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)NASA Langley Research Ctr, Hampton, VA, United States, (4)SSAI, Hampton, VA, United States, (5)Natl Geophysical Data Ctr, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)GeoSynergy, Golden, CO, United States
9:16 AM
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
Gordon G Shepherd and Young-Min Cho, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
9:30 AM
SA21B-07
 
Helium as a Dynamical Tracer in the Thermosphere
Jeffrey P Thayer1, Xianjing Liu2, Wenbin Wang3 and Alan Geoffrey Burns3, (1)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (3)NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States
9:46 AM
SA21B-08
 
Quantification of upper thermosphere composition and its dynamic charge exchange coupling to the mid-latitude topside ionosphere
Lara Waldrop1, Larry J Paxton2, Nestor Aponte3 and Sixto A. Gonzalez3, (1)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, (2)The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (3)SRI International Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States
 
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