Plasma-Neutral Interactions in the Lower Thermosphere-Ionosphere: The need for in situ measurements to address focused questions
Whitepaper #351 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.
by Theodoros Sarris, Anita Aikio, Stephan Buchert, Mark A. Clilverd, Iannis Dandouras, Eelco Doornbos, Lindsay Victoria Goodwin, Maxime Grandin, Roderick Heelis, Nickolay Ivchenko, Therese Jorgensen, Guram Kervalishvili, David Knudsen, Han-Li Liu, Gang Lu, David M. Malaspina, Octav Marghitu, Astrid Maute, Wojciech J. Miloch, Nils Olsen, Minna Palmroth, Robert Pfaff, Claudia Stolle, Elsayed Talaat, Jeffrey P. Thayer, Stelios Tourgaidis, Pekka Verronen, Masatoshi Yamauchi, Sean Bruinsma, Brian Harding, Kristina Lynch, Aurélie Marchaudon, Piyush M. Mehta, Dogacan Su Ozturk, Gareth Perry, Marcin Pilinski, Christian Siemes, Pieter Visser, and Joachim Vogt
Published onJul 31, 2023
Plasma-Neutral Interactions in the Lower Thermosphere-Ionosphere: The need for in situ measurements to address focused questions
There is a need to advance our understanding of the Lower Thermosphere-Ionosphere and of the neutral-plasma interactions that shape it. A mission that provides comprehensive in situ measurements down to altitudes where ion-neutral interactions maximize (120 km or lower) is feasible and mature, and will explore, for the first time, the dominant processes in the atmosphere-space transition region.
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