SA41A:
Chemistry and Dynamics of the Meosphere and Lower Thermosphere of Earth and Other Planets II Posters

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Chairs:  Diego Janches, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Richard L Collins, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Primary Conveners:  Diego Janches, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Co-conveners:  Richard L Collins, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Michael J Taylor, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Diego Janches, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

4042
 
Observations of Thermospheric Na Layers up to 170 Km at Lijiang (26.7 N, 100.0 E)
Qi Gao1, Xinzhao Chu2, Xianghui Xue1 and Xiankang Dou1, (1)USTC University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, (2)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
4043
 
Meteor Smoke Particles in the D-Region Ionosphere - Implications from the Sic Model on Ions and Other Neutrals
Carsten Baumann1, Markus Rapp1, Pekka T Verronen2, Carl-Fredrik T Enell3 and Antti Kero4, (1)German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Wessling, Germany, (2)Finnish Meteorological Inst., Helsinki, Finland, (3)EISCAT Scientific Association, Kiruna, Sweden, (4)Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory, Sodankyla, Finland
4044
 
Development of a Sodium Lidar for Space-Borne Missions
Diego Janches1, Michael A. Krainak1, Anthony W. Yu1, Sarah Jones2, Branimir Blagojevic2, Jeffrey R. Chen2 and Xinzhao Chu3, (1)NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
4045
 
The Overturning Structure of Sodium Layer in Lower-thermospheric Region and Its Relevance to Ionospheric Field Align Irregularity (FAI) and Gravity Waves
Xianghui Xue and Xiankang Dou, USTC University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
4046
 
Interferometric radar observation of fast moving meteor trails in strong electric field
Youngsook Lee1, Sheila Kirkwood2 and Young-Sil Kwak1, (1)KASI Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon, South Korea, (2)IRF Swedish Institute of Space Physics Kiruna, Kiruna, Sweden
4047
 
First Observation of the Altitude Distribution of Atomic Potassium Dayglow in the MLT
Wayne F Evans, NWRA, Redmond, WA, United States, Scott Budzein, US Navy, NRL, washington, DC, United States and Edward J Llewellyn, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
4048
 
Recent Progress in Understanding the Sodium Nightglow D2/D1 Ratio, and Future Prospects for Measuring the Mesopause [O]/[O2] Ratio
Chiao Yao She, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, John M C Plane, University of Leeds, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2, United Kingdom and Tao Yuan, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States
4049
 
Influence of Sporadic E layers on Mesospheric Na and Fe Layers over Arecibo
Shikha Raizada1, Craig A Tepley1, Qihou Zhou2, Sumanta Sarkhel3, John D Mathews3, Nestor Aponte1 and Robert Kerr1, (1)Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, PR, United States, (2)Miami University Oxford, Oxford, OH, United States, (3)Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA, United States
4050
 
Observational Evidence for Temporary Planetary-Wave Forcing of the MLT during Fall Equinox
Nora Henriette Stray1, Rosmarie de Wit1, Patrick J Espy1,2 and Robert E Hibbins1,2, (1)Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, (2)Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Bergen, Norway
4051
 
Heat and Constituent Flux due to Dissipating Gravity Waves and Turbulence over the Andes Lidar Observatory
Yafang Guo1, Alan Z Liu1 and Chester S. Gardner2, (1)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, (2)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - UIUC, Urbana, United States
4052
 
Sodium lidar observed gravity wave breaking event and its associated significant sodium sporadic layer
Chao Ban1, Tao Li1, Xin Fang1, Xiankang Dou1, Jiangang Xiong2, James M Russell III3 and Qian Wu4, (1)University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, (2)Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (3)Hampton University, Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States, (4)NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States
4053
 
Roles played by electric field, vertical wind and aurora in the source, formation and evolution of thermospheric Fe/Fe+ layers at high latitudes
Zhibin Yu, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Xinzhao Chu, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
4054
 
Observations of mesospheric nitric oxide and ozone variability above Halley station, Antarctica
David Newnham1, Mark A. Clilverd1, Richard B. Horne1, Craig J Rodger2, Annika Seppälä1,3, Pekka T Verronen3, Monika E. Andersson3, Daniel Robert Marsh4, Tamas Kovacs5 and John M C Plane6, (1)British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (2)University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, (3)Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, (4)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)University of Leeds, School of Chemistry, Leeds, United Kingdom, (6)University of Leeds, School of Chemistry, Leeds, LS2, United Kingdom
4055
 
OASIS, Observatory for Atmosphere Space Interaction Studies
Gary R Swenson, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, Jeffrey P Thayer, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Chester S. Gardner, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - UIUC, Urbana, United States
4056
 
Direct measurements of vertical heat flux and Na flux in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere by lidar at Boulder (40°N, 105°W), Colorado
Wentao Huang1, Xinzhao Chu2, Chester S. Gardner3, Ian F Barry2, John A Smith2, Weichun Fong4, Zhibin Yu1 and Cao Chen2, (1)Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - UIUC, Urbana, United States, (4)CIRES, CU Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
4057
 
Mountain Wave Climatology at Cerro Pachón, Chile, from All Sky Imager Analysis
Jaime Aguilar Guerrero1, Alan Z Liu1, Fabio Vargas2, Gary R Swenson2 and Anthony Dominic Mangognia3, (1)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, (2)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, (3)University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States
4058
 
Contributions of the Higher Vibrational Levels of Nitric Oxide to the Radiative Cooling of the Thermosphere
Karthik Venkataramani1, Justin D Yonker2 and Scott Martin Bailey1, (1)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (2)National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States
4059
 
The Energy Budget of the Mesosphere Derived from SABER
Linda A Hunt1, Martin G Mlynczak2, Christopher J Mertens2, Benjamin T Marshall3 and James M Russell III4, (1)SSAI, Hampton, VA, United States, (2)NASA Langley Research Ctr, Hampton, VA, United States, (3)GATS, Inc., Newport News, VA, United States, (4)Hampton University, Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States
4060
 
Global Distribution of Atomic Oxygen in the Mesopause Region as Derived from SCIAMACHY O(1S) Green Line Measurements
Martin Kaufmann, Yajun Zhu, Manfred Ern, Jörn Ungermann and Martin Riese, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
 
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