P54C:
Ionospheres of Unmagnetized Bodies in the Solar System II
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Session ID#: 32303
Session Description:
Ionospheres are an integral part of planetary upper atmospheres, possessing rich compositional, density and temperature structures, and the ability to affect neutral dynamics via Joule heating and ion drag. On unmagnetized bodies with substantial atmospheres, the ionosphere is controlled not only by solar photons but is directly impacted by the surrounding plasma environment (e.g. the solar wind for Mars, Venus and comets, and the Kronian magnetosphere for Titan). This interaction affects atmospheric loss, neutral winds, photochemistry and energy balance. This session focuses on the ionospheres of such unmagnetized bodies, soliciting abstracts concerning data analysis, modeling studies, instrumentation and mission concepts. Topics may include but are not limited to, day and night side ionospheric variability, sources and influences of ionization, ion-neutral coupling, current systems, comparative aeronomy, and solar wind interaction. Data sources include remote and in-situ measurements.
Primary Convener: Christopher M Fowler, LASP, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners: B. Sanchez-Cano, University of Leicester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Leicester, United Kingdom, Candace Gray, New Mexico State University Main Campus, Department of Astronomy, Las Cruces, NM, United States and Niklas J. T. Edberg, IRF Swedish Institute of Space Physics Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
Chairs: B. Sanchez-Cano, University of Leicester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Leicester, United Kingdom and Christopher M Fowler, LASP, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
OSPA Liaison: Christopher M Fowler, LASP, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Marissa F. Vogt, Boston University, Center for Space Physics, Boston, United States, Casey L. Flynn, Boston University, Department of Astronomy, Boston, MA, United States, Paul Withers, Boston University, Boston, United States, Laila Andersson, LASP, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Zachary Girazian, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States, David L Mitchell, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, Shaosui Xu, University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, John E P Connerney, Space Research Corporation, Annapolis, United States and Jared R Espley, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Thomas Cravens, University of Kansas, Physics and Astronomy, Lawrence, United States, Oliver Q Hamil, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States, Stephen Jeffrey Houston, Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, KS, United States, Stephen W Bougher, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, Yingjuan Ma, University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, Dave A Brain, University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, Laila Andersson, LASP, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, James P McFadden, SSL, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States and John E P Connerney, Space Research Corporation, Annapolis, United States
Firdevs Duru, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States; Coe College, Department of Physics, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States, Donald A Gurnett, University of Iowa, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, IA, United States, Brent Brain, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States and Jasper S Halekas, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
Andrew James Kopf1, David DeWitt Morgan2, Jasper S Halekas3, Suranga Ruhunusiri4, Donald A Gurnett2 and John E P Connerney5, (1)University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States, (2)University of Iowa, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, IA, United States, (3)University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, IA, United States, (4)Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States, (5)Space Research Corporation, Annapolis, United States
Majd Mayyasi1, Mehdi Benna2, Paul R Mahaffy3 and Dr. Meredith K Elrod2, (1)Boston University, Center for Space Physics, Boston, MA, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Environments Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States
Robert J Lillis1, Zachary Girazian2, David L Mitchell3, Danica Adams3, Shaosui Xu4, Mehdi Benna5, Dr. Meredith K Elrod6, Davin E Larson7, James P McFadden8, Laila Andersson9 and Christopher M Fowler9, (1)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (4)University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (5)University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, United States, (6)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (7)Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (8)SSL, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, (9)LASP, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
