Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005agufmsa34a..06e&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2005, abstract #SA34A-06
Physics
0310 Airglow And Aurora, 3369 Thermospheric Dynamics (0358), 3389 Tides And Planetary Waves, 6924 Interferometry (1207, 1209, 1242)
Scientific paper
An understanding of the coupling of heat and momentum sources in the troposphere and stratosphere to regions of the upper atmosphere and ionosphere is important for understanding the near-Earth space environment. Atmospheric tides are directly driven by absorption of solar energy throughout the entire atmosphere, but have major forcing terms in the lower atmosphere coming from processes such as convective heating and latent heat release by large-scale weather systems. The effects of these tides on airglow emissions in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere have been widely observed and many of their features have been well explained. Here, we present observations of a strong influence of atmospheric tides on the density and distribution of F-region ionospheric plasma at low latitudes during equinox, using observations from the TIMED GUVI and IMAGE FUV instruments during Spring 2002. These observations reveal the longitudinal and local time distribution of plasma in this region. Comparisons between these observations and the GSWM tidal model suggest a control of atmospheric tides originating in the lower atmosphere on the development of the F-region ionosphere during the daytime. These observations indicate an unexpectedly strong connection between conditions in the lower-atmosphere and the near-Earth space environment, signalling an important new view of space weather.
England Scott L.
Frey Harald U.
Hagan Maura E.
Henderson Samuel S.
Immel Thomas J.
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