SPA-Aeronomy



Active Experiments in the Geospace Environment
Primary Convener:  Chynna Spitler, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Conveners:  Amani Reddy, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Mark Golkowski, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, United States and Robert C Moore, University of Florida - UF, Gainesville, United States


Advances in Equatorial, Low and Mid latitude Aeronomy and Ionospheric Irregularities
Primary Convener:  Zihan Wang, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States
Conveners:  Dr. Deepak Kumar Karan, PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, Cesar Enrique Valladares, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States and Qingyu Zhu, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States


Advances in Radio Frequency Propagation Modeling and Applications
Primary Convener:  Stephen Roland Kaeppler, Clemson University, Physics and Astronomy, Clemson, SC, United States
Conveners:  Jonah J Colman, Air Force Research Laboratory Albuquerque, Albuquerque, United States, Ethan Miller, STR, Dayton, United States and David Russel Themens, University of Birmingham, SERENE, Birmingham, United Kingdom


Advances in understanding the characteristics of auroral precipitation and its effects in the magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere system
Primary Convener:  Dong Lin, Clemson University, Physics and Astronomy, Clemson, SC, United States
Conveners:  Wenbin Wang, National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, United States, Dogacan Su Ozturk, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, United States and Shanshan Bao, Rice University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Houston, TX, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Pauline Marie Dredger, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, United States


Aeronomy: General Contributions
Primary Convener:  Scott England, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Blacksburg, United States
Conveners:  Hazel M Bain, NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, United States and Weichao Tu, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States


Atmospheric Gravity Wave Dynamics and Vertical Coupling
Primary Convener:  Pierre-Dominique Pautet, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Wenjun Dong, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Physical Sciences, Daytona Beach, United States and Yuta Hozumi, Utah State University, Physics, Logan, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Wenjun Dong, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Physical Sciences, Daytona Beach, United States and Yuta Hozumi, Utah State University, Physics, Logan, United States


Atmospheric and Ionospheric Responses to Impulsive Forcing
Primary Convener:  Xing Meng, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
Conveners:  Elvira Astafyeva, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France and Pavel Inchin, Computational Physics Inc. Springfield, Springfield, VA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Björn Bergsson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, United States


Composition, Wind, and Temperature Variability in the Mesosphere and Ionosphere/Thermosphere
Primary Convener:  Sovit Khadka, Orion Space Solutions, Louisville, Colorado, United States
Conveners:  Jonathan J Makela, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Urbana, IL, United States, Liying Qian, National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, United States and Gunter Stober, Institute of Applied Physics & Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, Microwave Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Student/Early Career Convener:  Lilias Claire Gasque, University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States


D-Region HF Propagation: Influences of Natural Chemistry, Anthropogenic Releases, and Meteoritic Metal Inputs
Primary Convener:  Dr. Austin Egert, PhD, Orion Space Solutions, Colorado Springs CO, United States
Conveners:  Scott Thaller, Orion Space Solutions, Louisville, United States and Riley Troyer, PhD, Space Dynamics Laboratory, Geospace Environment and Applications, North Logan, United States


Debris and Meteoroids in the Space Environment
Primary Convener:  Alex Fletcher, NASA, Washington, United States
Convener:  Reinhard H W Friedel, NASA HQ, Lancaster, United States


Enabling Advances in Space Science through Citizen Science Investigations
Primary Convener:  Sarah K. Vines, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
Conveners:  Bea Gallardo-Lacourt1, Vicki Toy-Edens2 and Wenli Mo2, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States(2)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Dr. Kristina Collins, PhD, Space Science Institute, Boulder, United States


Exploring E-Region Dynamics: From Theory to Forecasting, Observations and Emerging Applications
Primary Convener:  Eliana Nossa, Aerospace Corporation El Segundo, El Segundo, CA, United States
Conveners:  Aroh Barjatya, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, Stephen Roland Kaeppler, SRI International, Menlo Park, United States and Kenneth Obenberger, Air Force Research Laboratory Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Bryce Halter, Air Force Research Laboratory Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM, United States


Gravity Waves, from the Surface to the Edge of Space
Primary Convener:  Tyler Mixa, GATS, Inc., Newport News, VA, United States
Conveners:  Neil Hindley, University of Bath, Centre for Climate Adaptation and Environment Research, Bath, BA2, United Kingdom, Haruka Okui, The University of Tokyo, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Tokyo, Japan and Sophie Phillips, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Sophie Phillips, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States


Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Coupling Across Regions and Scales
Primary Convener:  Yukitoshi Nishimura, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
Conveners:  Yue Deng1, Larry R Lyons2 and Cheng Sheng1, (1)University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, United States(2)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Katherine Davidson, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States


Moving Beyond F10.7: Reassessing Solar EUV Irradiance Observations, Models, and Upper Atmospheric Impacts
Primary Convener:  Edward Thiemann, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Phillip C Chamberlin, University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States and Samuel Schonfeld, Air Force Research Laboratory Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM, United States


Multidecadal Change in the Middle Atmosphere and Geospace: The Next Frontier in Climate
Primary Convener:  Juan A. Añel, Universidade de Vigo, EPhysLab, Ourense, Spain and The ISSI #25-631 Team
Conveners:  Gunter Stober, Institute of Applied Physics & Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, Microwave Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Shunrong Zhang, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, United States, Romina Nikoukar, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States and The ISSI #25-631 Team
Student/Early Career Convener:  William Parker, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, United States and The ISSI #25-631 Team


New Insights into the Dynamics and Energetics of the Low and Middle Latitude Thermosphere-Ionosphere System
Primary Convener:  Yen-Jung Wu, University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Conveners:  Nicholas M Pedatella, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, United States, Astrid I Maute, Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn, Germany and Quan Gan, University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Komal Kumari, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, United States


Observational and modeling studies of ionospheric irregularities and scintillation
Primary Convener:  Sebastijan Mrak, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Conveners:  Matthew D Zettergren, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Department of Physical Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL, United States and Romina Nikoukar, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Waqar Younas, Boston University, Center for Space Physics, Boston, MA, United States


Polar Cap Plasma Structuring: What is a Patch?
Primary Convener:  Leslie J. Lamarche, SRI International Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States
Conveners:  Shasha Zou, University of Michigan, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, Lindsay Goodwin, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, United States and Asti Bhatt, SRI International, Menlo Park, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Bimal Dahal, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Edison, NJ, United States


Python Software Coordination in Solar and Space Physics
Primary Convener:  Ms. Julie I Barnum, MSc, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Shawn Polson1, Monica Bobra2 and Maxine Hartnett1, (1)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States(2)California Office of Data and Innovation, Sacramento, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Maxine Hartnett, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States


The MacGyver Session: The Place for Novel, Exciting, Self-Made, Hacked, or Improved Sensors and Software Solutions to Understand Space Weather
Primary Convener:  Vincent Ledvina, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, United States; University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, United States
Conveners:  Dr. Kristina Collins, PhD, Space Science Institute, Boulder, United States; HamSCI Community, Scranton, United States and Nathaniel A Frissell, The University of Scranton, Physics and Engineering, Scranton, United States; HamSCI Community, Physics and Engineering, Scranton, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Vincent Ledvina, Predictive Science Inc., San Diego, United States


The Terrestrial Exosphere in the Sun-Earth System
Primary Convener:  Lara Waldrop, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Urbana, IL, United States
Conveners:  John T Clarke, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, Thomas J Immel, University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States and Robert Kerr, Computational Physics Inc., Lowell, Lowell, United States


Understanding the Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) environment (90 to 350km): Challenges, Opportunities, and Current Understanding
Primary Convener:  Larry J Paxton, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Conveners:  Aaron J Ridley, Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States, Tzu-Wei Fang, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States and Bruce Fritz, US Naval Research Laboratory, Space Science Division, Washington, United States


When Can We Trust Space Weather Models? Validation and Capability Assessment Across the Sun-to-Mud System
Primary Convener:  Dr. Tre'Shunda James, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, United States
Conveners:  Maria M Kuznetsova, NASA/GSFC, Community Coordinated Modeling Center, Greenbelt, United States, Edmund Henley, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom and Alex Glocer, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Dr. Tre'Shunda James, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, United States


Whole-Atmosphere Coupling and Multi-Scale Drivers of Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere and Space Weather Variability
Primary Convener:  Federico Gasperini, Orion Space Solutions, Louisville, United States
Conveners:  Xian Lu, Clemson University, Physics and Astronomy, Clemson, SC, United States, Xueling Shi, Clemson University, Clemson, United States and Shantanab Debchoudhury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Benjamin Martinez, Clemson University, Physics and Astronomy, Clemson, SC, United States