Whitepaper #300 in the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033. Main topics: basic research. Additional topics: planetary ionospheres / upper atmospheres; space-based missions/projects; system science.
by Jens Oberheide, McArthur Jones, Jr., and Komal Kumari
Published onJul 31, 2023
Resolving the tidal weather of the thermosphere
We reiterate on the urgent need for global wind measurements in the ~100-250 km region with at least four but preferably six local times per days. This would transform our understanding of how the magnetic control of ion-neutral interactions produces variability in the thermosphere, and how lower atmosphere and solar/geomagnetic forcing work together to produce quiet and storm time space weather.
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