SM51C:
Field-Aligned Currents, Poynting Flux, Auroral Precipitation, and Their Role in Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Coupling I Posters
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Session ID#: 12507
Session Description:
During geomagnetic storms, the magnetosphere transmits significant energy and momentum into the upper atmosphere via field-aligned currents, Poynting flux, and auroral precipitation. In response, the ionospheric electric potentials and conductances increase, the thermosphere heats and expands, and the global atmospheric circulation changes. The ionosphere – thermosphere feedback, in turn, can influence magnetospheric dynamics. The heated thermosphere enhances ionospheric outflows. The modified global circulation redistributes plasmas and neutrals, alters the ionospheric conductance and electric field, and thus changes the magnetospheric convection and reconnection. In recent years, advanced physics-based models (e.g. OpenGGCM, LFM, BATSRUS, CTIPe, TIEGCM, and GTIM) and extensive datasets (e.g. AMPERE, SWARM, e-POP, and DMSP) are available to unveil the complex coupling processes of the magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere(MIT) system. Therefore, it is timely to gather these recent research efforts. This session solicits papers on observations, simulations, and theoretical investigations that address magnetospheric energy/momentum inputs and their impact on the coupled MIT system.
Primary Convener: Hyunju KIM Connor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners: Haje Korth1, Gang Lu2 and Binzheng Zhang2, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States(2)National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States
Chairs: Binzheng Zhang, National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States and Hyunju KIM Connor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
OSPA Liaison: Hyunju KIM Connor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Thomas Edwards and Daniel R Weimer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States
Hyunju KIM Connor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and George V Khazanov, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Meers M Oppenheim1, Michael James Wiltberger2, Viacheslav G Merkin3, Binzheng Zhang4, Frank Toffoletto5, Wenbin Wang6, John Lyon7, Jing Liu4 and Yakov S Dimant1, (1)Boston University, Center for Space Physics, Boston, MA, United States, (2)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (3)Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, (4)National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)Rice University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Houston, TX, United States, (6)High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States
John P Dombeck1, Cynthia A Cattell2, Nitin Prasad3, Amin Sakher3, Elizabeth (Lily) Hanson4, James P McFadden4 and Robert J Strangeway5, (1)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, School of Physics and Astronomy, Minneapolis, United States, (2)University of Minnesota, School of Physics and Astronomy, Minneapolis, United States, (3)University of Minnesota, School of Physics and Astronomy, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (4)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (5)University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States
Hassan Akbari, CUA / NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States and Joshua L Semeter, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
Dmytro Sydorenko, University of Alberta, Department of Physics, Edmonton, AB, Canada and Robert Rankin, University of Alberta, Physics, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Gang Lu1, Arthur D Richmond1, Herman Luhr2 and Larry J Paxton3, (1)National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 2.3, Earth's Magnetic Field, Potsdam, Germany, (3)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Denny M. Oliveira, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, United States, Eftyhia Zesta, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Peter W Schuck, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States and Eric K Sutton, Kirtland Air Force Base, Kirtland AFB, NM, United States
Douglas G Brinkman, Aerospace Corporation Chantilly, Chantilly, VA, United States, Richard L Walterscheid, Aerospace Corporation Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States and James H. Clemmons, Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA, United States
Yang Lu1, Yue Deng1, Cheng Sheng2, Liam M Kilcommons3, Delores Knipp4, Quanqi Shi5 and Xiaochen Gou6, (1)University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States, (2)High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)University of Colorado, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, United States, (5)Shandong University at Weihai, Institute of Space Science, Weihai, China, (6)Shandong University at Weihai, Weihai, China
Jiapeng Guo1, Yang Lu1, Yue Deng1, Cheng Sheng2 and Cissi Ying-tsen Lin1, (1)University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States, (2)High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States
Norah Kaggwa Kwagala1, Kjellmar Oksavik2,3, Dag A Lorentzen3 and Magnar Gullikstad Johnsen4, (1)University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, (2)University of Bergen, Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Bergen, Norway, (3)The University Centre in Svalbard, Department of Arctic Geophysics, Longyearbyen, Norway, (4)The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Jiashu Wu1, David J Knudsen1, D. Megan Gillies2, Eric Donovan1 and Johnathan K Burchill1, (1)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, (2)Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB, Canada
James H Clemmons1, James H Hecht2, Douglas G Brinkman3, Marc Lessard4, David L Hysell5, Kristina A Lynch6, Meghan I Harrington6, Kjellmar Oksavik7, Joran Idar Moen8, F. Sigernes9, Timothy K Yeoman10 and Bruce Fritz4, (1)Aerospace Corporation El Segundo, El Segundo, CA, United States, (2)The Aerospace Corporation, Space Science Applications Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)Aerospace Corporation Chantilly, Chantilly, VA, United States, (4)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, (5)Cornell University, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, NY, United States, (6)Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, (7)University of Bergen, Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Bergen, Norway, (8)University of Oslo, Physics Department, Oslo, Norway, (9)UNIS, Longyearbyen, Norway, (10)University of Leicester, Physics and Astronomy, Leicester, United Kingdom
David Ross Kenward1, Marc Lessard1, Kristina A Lynch2, David L Hysell3, James H Hecht4, James H. Clemmons5, Geoff Crowley6, Ian J Cohen7, Fred Sigernes8, Kjellmar Oksavik9, Timothy K Yeoman10, SUN Lee11 and James L Burch12, (1)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, (2)Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, (3)Cornell University, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, NY, United States, (4)The Aerospace Corporation, Space Science Applications Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (5)Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA, United States, (6)Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates, LLC, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (8)University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway, (9)University of Bergen, Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Bergen, Norway, (10)University of Leicester, Physics and Astronomy, Leicester, United Kingdom, (11)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center & USRA, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (12)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, United States
Bruce Fritz, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, United States, Marc Lessard, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, Larry J Paxton, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, Tim Cook, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, United States, Kristina A Lynch, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, James H Clemmons, Aerospace Corporation El Segundo, El Segundo, CA, United States, James H Hecht, The Aerospace Corporation, Space Science Applications Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA, United States, David L Hysell, Cornell University, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, NY, United States and Geoff Crowley, Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates, LLC, Boulder, CO, United States
James H Hecht1, Douglas G Brinkman2, James H. Clemmons3, Richard L Walterscheid3, J. Scott Evans4, Bruce Fritz5 and Marc Lessard6, (1)The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, United States, (2)The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, United States, (3)The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (4)Computational Physics, Inc., Springfield, United States, (5)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, United States, (6)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States
Meghan Harrington1, Marc Lessard2 and Kristina A Lynch1, (1)Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, (2)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States
