Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Mesosphere Modeling Using the TIME-GCM

Abstract

A major goal of the research is to understand how elements in the coupled upper atmosphere/ ionosphere system interact with one another and to determine how this coupled system responds to the variable energy input from the sun and the variable input from the lower atmosphere and ocean. The research focuses on understanding the sources and characteristics of global-scale ionospheric, thermospheric, and mesospheric structure and variability and the coupling of those atmospheric regions to the lower atmosphere and then to the magnetosphere and solar wind.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2003
Accession Number
ADA628807

Entities

People

  • Raymond G. Roble

Organizations

  • National Center for Atmospheric Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Atmospheres
  • Climate Change
  • Couplings
  • Electric Fields
  • Gravity Waves
  • High Latitudes
  • Ionosphere
  • Magnetic Storms
  • Magnetosphere
  • Mesosphere
  • Radiation
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Solar Radiation
  • Solar Wind
  • Space Weather
  • Thermosphere

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.