SA33B:
Data Assimilation and Model Validation for the Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Ionosphere, and Magnetosphere–Ionosphere Coupling Posters
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Session ID#: 61436
Session Description:
Observations-based global datasets of winds, temperature, and constituents throughout the mesosphere, thermosphere, and ionosphere (MTI), as well as field-aligned currents, magnetic perturbations, and particle precipitation from the magnetosphere are needed to provide ground-truth for computational models. These models include whole atmosphere models coupling the neutral atmosphere and ionosphere, and coupled models of magnetosphere-ionosphere processes such as current systems, conductivities, and precipitating and outflowing particles. Available observations in the MTI are sparse, though they are crucial for both constraining models using data assimilation (DA) and validation of model simulations. This session will focus on (1) recent progress in the field of DA in the MTI domain and existing and upcoming observations of the MTI region employing ground-based instruments (e.g., radar, lidar) and satellite missions (e.g., TIMED, ICON, GOLD); and (2) datasets and validation of physics-based, empirical, and assimilative models for magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling.
Primary Convener: Katherine Garcia-Sage, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Community Coordinated Modeling Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States; Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners: Nicholas M Pedatella, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, United States, Stephen Kaeppler, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States and Kayo Ide, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
Primary Liaison: Stephen Kaeppler, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States
Chairs: Katherine Garcia-Sage, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Nicholas M Pedatella, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, United States, Stephen Kaeppler, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States and Kayo Ide, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
OSPA Liaison: Stephen Kaeppler, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States
Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Kai Zhao, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, Lynn M Kistler, Univ New Hampshire, Durham, United States, Eric J Lund, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Space Science Center, Durham, NH, United States, Niloufar Nowrouzi, University of New Hampshire, Space Science Center, Durham, NH, United States, Naritoshi Kitamura, The University of Tokyo, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Tokyo, Japan and Robert J Strangeway, University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States
Agnit Mukhopadhyay, University of Michigan, Center of Space Environment Modeling, Ann Arbor, United States, Daniel T Welling, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michael Warren Liemohn, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Shasha Zou, University of Michigan, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States and Aaron J Ridley, Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
Colby Lemon1, Rebecca L Bishop2, Anthea Coster3, Romina Nikoukar4, Margaret Chen5, Drew L. Turner6 and James L Roeder6, (1)Aerospace Corporation El Segundo, El Segundo, CA, United States, (2)The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, United States, (3)MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, United States, (4)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (5)The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, United States, (6)The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Kathryn A McWilliams1, Gaelene Lerat2, Matthew R Wessel2, George J Sofko1 and Jonathan Rae3, (1)University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, (2)University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, (3)Northumbria University, Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Daniel R Weimer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States
Tomoko Matsuo, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States and Liam M Kilcommons, University of Colorado Boulder, Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, United States
Suk-Bin Kang, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Alex Glocer, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, Ja Soon Shim, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, United States, Vladimir Airapetian, SEEC/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center & American University, DC, SEEC, Greenbelt, United States, William Danchi, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Mei-Ching Hannah Fok, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Ilkka I Virtanen1, Björn Gustavsson2, Anita Taina Aikio1, Antti Kero3, Kazushi Asamura4 and Yasunobu Ogawa5, (1)University of Oulu, Space Physics and Astronomy Research Unit, Oulu, Finland, (2)UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Department of Physics and Technology, Tromsø, Norway, (3)University of Oulu, Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory, Sodankyla, Finland, (4)ISAS, JAXA, Sagamihara, Japan, (5)NIPR National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
Anastasia Newheart, Orion Space Solutions, Louisville, United States, Stanislav Y Sazykin, Rice University, Physics and Astronomy Department, Houston, TX, United States, Anthea Coster, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, United States, Victoria N Coffey, NASA Marshall Space Flight Ctr, Huntsville, AL, United States, Michael O Chandler, NASA-MSFC, Huntsville, United States, Bela G Fejer, Utah State University, Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences, Logan, United States and Philip John Erickson, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, United States
Alexei Kouznetsov, Christopher M Cully and Emma Spanswick, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Xinan Yue, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Yu-Shan Chang1, Chia-Hung Chen1, Charles Lin1, Hung-Hsuan Chu1 and Tomoko Matsuo2, (1)National Cheng Kung University, Department of Earth Sciences, Tainan, Taiwan, (2)Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
Fabrizio Sassi, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, United States, Dr. John Patrick McCormack, Naval Research Lab, Washington, United States, Sarah E McDonald, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, David Kuhl, Naval Research Laboratory, Remote Sensing Division, Washington, D.C., United States, Jennifer Tate, Computational Physics Incorporated, Springfield, VA, United States and Hanli Liu, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, United States
Chih Ting Hsu1, Tomoko Matsuo1, Xinan Yue2, Tzu-Wei Fang3, Timothy J Fuller-Rowell4, Kayo Ide5 and Jann-Yenq G Liu6, (1)University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States, (2)Salta, Capital, Argentina, (3)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States, (4)Univ of Colorado/CIRES, Boulder, United States, (5)University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (6)Natl Central Univ, Chung Li, Taiwan
Geoffrey Crowley, ASTRA, Boulder, CO, United States, Marcin Pilinski, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, Mihail Codrescu, SWPC/NOAA, Boulder, United States, Edward Thiemann, University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States and Geoff Crowley, Orion Space Solutions, Louisville, United States
Jan Lastovicka, Institute of Atmospheric Physics ACSR, Praha 4, 141, Czech Republic
Kathrin Baumgarten1, Gunter Stober1, Dimitry Pokhotelov2, Dr. John Patrick McCormack3 and Jorge Luis Chau4, (1)Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn, Germany, (2)Leibniz-Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Kuehlungsborn, Germany, (3)Naval Research Lab, Washington, United States, (4)Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock, Kühlungsborn, Germany
Philip John Erickson, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, United States, Ryan Volz, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, United States and Jorge Luis Chau, Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock, Kühlungsborn, Germany
Dr. John Patrick McCormack, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, David Kuhl, Naval Research Laboratory, Remote Sensing Division, Washington, D.C., United States, Karl Hoppel, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Remote Sensing Division, Washington, DC, United States, Gunter Stober, IAP, Kuehlungsborn, Germany and Peter Brown, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Quan Gan, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States, Jens Oberheide, Clemson University, Clemson, United States and Nicholas M Pedatella, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, United States
Larry C Gardner1, Robert Walter Schunk1, Ludger Scherliess2, James Vincent Eccles3 and Jan Josef Sojka4, (1)Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States, (2)Utah State University, Logan, United States, (3)Space Environment Corporation, Logan, United States, (4)Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences, Utah State University, Physics, Logan, UT, United States
Valery A Yudin, Univ of Colorado/CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, Timothy J Fuller-Rowell, Univ of Colorado/CIRES, Boulder, United States, Svetlana I. Karol, NOAA/SWPC, Boulder, United States and Stanley C Solomon, NCAR, HAO, Boulder, CO, United States
