Mesoscale thermospheric wind in response to nightside auroral brightening

Yukitoshi Nishimura1,2, Ying Zou3, Christine Gabrielse4, Larry R Lyons5, Roger H Varney6, Mark Conde7, Donald L Hampton7 and Stephen B Mende8, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, (3)The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, United States, (4)The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, United States, (5)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (6)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (7)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (8)Univ California, Berkeley, United States