SA43D:
The Interactions, Dynamics, and Energetics in the Andes (IDEA) Posters


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Session ID#: 48925

Session Description:
Gravity waves have been known to play an important role in the dynamics and energetics in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere (MLT) region.  Airglow has been routinely observed to monitor gravity wave activity.  Thus investigating how these waves interact with the airglow layers is crucial to a better understanding of the underlying physical and chemical processes and energy budget. The Andes has the longest continental mountain range in the world and has been identified as a hot spot for mountain wave and convective wave activity. Thus, the region is well suited for gravity wave studies.  Presentations on the recent advances in the study of gravity wave dynamics and energetics, airglow chemistry, gravity wave-airglow interactions with new instrumentation or numerical modeling for the MLT region in the Andes or in the wave active regions are particularly welcome.
Primary Convener:  Tai-Yin Huang, Pennsylvania State University Penn State Lehigh Valley, Center Valley, PA, United States; National Science Foundation, Alexandria, United States
Conveners:  Julio V Urbina, The Pennsylvania State Univers, University Park, United States and Fabio Vargas, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Tai-Yin Huang, National Science Foundation, Alexandria, United States; Pennsylvania State University Penn State Lehigh Valley, Center Valley, PA, United States
Chairs:  Tai-Yin Huang, National Science Foundation, Alexandria, United States, Julio V Urbina, The Pennsylvania State Univers, University Park, United States and Fabio Vargas, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Fabio Vargas, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
Index Terms:

0310 Airglow and aurora [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0340 Middle atmosphere: composition and chemistry [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0341 Middle atmosphere: constituent transport and chemistry [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0342 Middle atmosphere: energy deposition [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Trends in SABER Kinetic Temperatures and Groundbased Airglow Temperature Measurements in Comparison to Model Simulations (355748)
Tai-Yin Huang, Pennsylvania State University Penn State Lehigh Valley, Center Valley, PA, United States and Michael Vanyo, Penn State Scranton, Scranton, United States
Relationship Between Turbulence And Atmospheric Stabilities Revealed By Na Lidar Measurements (371444)
Fan Yang1, Alan Z Liu1, Yafang Guo1, Fabio Vargas2 and Gary R Swenson3, (1)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, (2)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, (3)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Urbana, United States
Turbulence and vertical transport at the mixing boundary (402811)
Gary R Swenson, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Urbana, United States and Fabio Vargas, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
Variations of O(1S) and OH(6,2) airglow intensities over the Andes Lidar Observatory (ALO) (30.3°S, 70.7°W) (415896)
Yolian Amaro-Rivera, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States, Fabio Vargas, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, Tai-Yin Huang, National Science Foundation, Alexandria, United States and Julio V Urbina, The Pennsylvania State Univers, University Park, United States
Imaging Mountain Waves Over the Andes (421848)
Michael J Taylor, Utah State University, Logan, United States, Yucheng Zhao, Ctr for Atmosp & Space Sci, Logan, UT, United States, Pierre-Dominique Pautet, Utah State Universtiy, Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences, Logan, United States, Cora E Randall, Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, Alan Z Liu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, Justin N Carstens, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Jeff Allen France, White Ridge Solutions, LLC, Hagerstown, United States, Fabio Vargas, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, James H Hecht, The Aerospace Corp, Los Angeles, United States and James M Russell III, Hampton University, Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States
Preliminary studies of high altitude Na densities observed at the Andes Lidar Observatory since 2014. (449731)
Fabio Vargas, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, Gary R Swenson, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Urbana, United States and Alan Z Liu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States

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