Characterization and understanding of the lower thermosphere circulation — the new frontier in the ionosphere thermosphere mesosphere system
Whitepaper #443 in the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033. Main topics: space weather applications; basic research. Additional topics: system science; space weather research/applications/operations pipeline; space-based missions/projects; […]
by Jia Yue, Scott Bailey, Jack Wang, Jorge Chau, Xinzhao Chu, Manbharat Dhadly, Patrick Espy, McArthur Jones, Ruth Lieberman, Martin Mlynczak, Liying Qian, Ningchao Wang, Wenbin Wang, Qian Wu, and Sam Yee
Published onJul 31, 2023
Characterization and understanding of the lower thermosphere circulation — the new frontier in the ionosphere thermosphere mesosphere system
In this paper we lay out the suggested modeling, observations, and scientific questions for the decadal survey to fill the knowledge gap in our understanding of this lower thermosphere circulation and the dynamics in this region as a whole due primarily to lack of observations. We propose here that NASA solicit mission proposals to measure global winds and trace gasses densities at 100-150 km.
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