SA44A:
Dynamical Response of the Thermosphere and Ionosphere to Geomagnetic Disturbances II
Session ID#: 11154
Session Description:
During geomagnetic disturbances, large changes in thermospheric winds, temperature, and composition occur in response to energy and momentum deposition from the magnetosphere and solar wind. These changes further lead to ionospheric variations in dynamo electric field, electron density and TEC. The nonlinear response of the thermosphere and ionosphere depends on various geophysical conditions, such as season and solar activity, and is still not well understood. This session is dedicated to the study of the dynamical response of the coupled thermosphere and ionosphere to geomagnetic disturbances under different geophysical conditions, with emphasis on thermosphere winds and temperature changes during storms, the effect of these changes on the ionosphere, and the feedback effect of ionospheric variations on the thermosphere. We invite contributions based on observations and simulations to address various aspects of the dynamical response of the coupled thermosphere and ionosphere to geomagnetic disturbances and the physical processes that drive this response.
Primary Convener: Wenbin Wang, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners: Yue Deng, University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, United States and Vikas S Sonwalkar, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Chairs: Wenbin Wang, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States, Yue Deng, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States and Vikas S Sonwalkar, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
OSPA Liaison: Wenbin Wang, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States
Cross-Listed:
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Aaron J Ridley, University of Michigan, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Brian J Harding, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, Jonathan J Makela, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Urbana, IL, United States, John W Meriwether, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center of Solar-Terrestrial Research, Newark, United States, Aaron J Ridley, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States and NATION Team
Yue Deng, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States, Cheng Sheng, University of Texas at Arlington, Physics, Arlington, TX, United States, Yanshi Huang, HIT Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China and Cheryl Y Huang, Air Force Research Laboratory Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Jing Liu1, Wenbin Wang2, Alan Geoffrey Burns1, Xinan Yue3, Shunrong Zhang4 and Yongliang Zhang5, (1)National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)UCAR, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, United States, (5)Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
Jose Luis De La Garza1, Cheng Sheng1, Yue Deng1, Jonathan J Makela2, Daniel James Fisher3, John W Meriwether4 and Rafael Mesquita5, (1)University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States, (2)University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Urbana, IL, United States, (3)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, (4)New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center of Solar-Terrestrial Research, Newark, United States, (5)Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States
Stanislav Y Sazykin1, Victoria N Coffey2, Patricia H Reiff3, Michael O Chandler2, Joseph I Minow2, Joseph Huba4, Brian J Anderson5, Richard Wolf1, Marc R Hairston6 and Daniel J Gershman7, (1)Rice University, Physics and Astronomy Department, Houston, TX, United States, (2)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (3)Rice University, Physics and Astronomy, Houston, TX, United States, (4)US Naval Research Laboratory, Plasma Physics Division, Washington, DC, United States, (5)Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, (6)University of Texas at Dallas, William B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences, Richardson, TX, United States, (7)Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Shasha Zou, University of Michigan, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Aaron J Ridley, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michael J Nicolls, SRI International Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States, Anthea Coster, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, United States, Evan G Thomas, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, J. Michael Ruohoniemi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, United States and Donald Hampton, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Gang Lu, National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States, Mark Conde, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Space Physics, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Eelco Doornbos, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, Aerospace Engineering, De Bilt, Netherlands
