SA43B:
Ice Layers in the Mesopause Region: Their Physics, Relationship to the Environment in Which They Form, and Response to External Forcings I Posters

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Chairs:  Scott Martin Bailey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States and James M Russell III, Hampton University, Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States
Primary Conveners:  James M Russell III, Hampton University, Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States
Co-conveners:  Scott Martin Bailey, VA Tech, Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  James M Russell III, Hampton University, Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

4106
 
How important are glassy SOA ice nuclei for the formation of cirrus clouds?
Cheng Zhou1, Joyce E Penner2, Guangxing Lin1, Xiaohong Liu3 and Minghuai Wang4, (1)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (3)University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, (4)Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, WA, United States
4107
 
Nucleation of Mesospheric Cloud Particles: Model and Laboratory Results
Henrike Wilms1, Annekatrin Kirsch2, Markus Rapp1, Denis Duft3, Mario Nachbar3 and Thomas Leisner3, (1)German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Wessling, Germany, (2)Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn, Germany, (3)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - KIT, Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
4108
 
SBUV Version 4 PMC Data and Trend Analysis: Did the Trend Change in the mid-1990’s?
Matthew T DeLand, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, United States and Gary E Thomas, Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
4109
 
Cips (Cloud Imaging and Particle Size Experiment) Observations of a Newly Discovered Population of Very Large Ice Particles in Polar Mesospheric Clouds
David W Rusch1, Gary E Thomas2, Amal Chandran3, Aimee W Merkel2, Jerry D Lumpe Jr4, Cora E Randall2, John J Olivero5, Scott Martin Bailey6 and James M Russell III7, (1)University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Anchorage, AK, United States, (4)Computational Physics, Inc., Boulder, CO, United States, (5)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, (6)VA Tech, Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (7)Hampton University, Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States
4110
 
Interannual Variability in PMCs from AIM/CIPS
Cora E Randall1, V Lynn Harvey2, Laura Angelina Holt2, Jerry D Lumpe Jr3, Scott Martin Bailey4 and James M Russell III5, (1)Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Computational Physics, Inc., Boulder, CO, United States, (4)VA Tech, Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (5)Hampton University, Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States
4111
 
Mesospheric Zonal Mean Winds Derived from Consecutive Orbits of AIM Cips Images
Ping-ping Rong1, Jia Yue1, James M Russell III2, Jerry D Lumpe Jr3, Jie Gong4, Dong Liang Wu5 and Cora E Randall6, (1)Hampton University, Hampton, VA, United States, (2)Hampton University, Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States, (3)Computational Physics, Inc., Boulder, CO, United States, (4)GEST, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (5)NASA/Goddard Space Flight Cent, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (6)Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
4112
 
An Albedo-Ice Regression Method for Determining Ice Water Content of Polar Mesospheric Clouds from UV Observations
Gary E Thomas, Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, Charles Bardeen, NCAR Earth Systems Laboratory, UTLS Studies, Boulder, CO, United States and Susanne Benze, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
4113
 
On the formation of sharp gradients in electron density resulting from an ice-plasma feedback instabilities in the polar summer mesosphere
Jonathan Yee, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States and Hasan Bahcivan, SRI International Menlo Park, Center for Geospace Studies, Menlo Park, CA, United States
 
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