SA11B:
Solar Eclipse Effects on the Upper Atmosphere I

Submit an Abstract to this Session



Session ID#: 32183

Session Description:
For the first time in 26 years, a total solar eclipse will occur in the North American on 21 August 2017. During the eclipse-induced sudden interruption in solar illumination, the upper atmosphere will undergo significant changes beyond what a normal sunset and sunrise process would generate. Although eclipse effects have been studied for many decades, recent major advances in modern observational techniques can provide timely new information on eclipse upper atmospheric system response. Global numerical models have become more capable of capturing important coupling processes on various scales. This session will review existing theories and knowledge of eclipse upper atmospheric effects, examine these against modern eclipse observations, in particular during 21 August 2017, and identify unresolved and challenging problems for future research. We welcome contributions addressing scientific questions of the ionospheric, thermospheric and mesospheric variations during a solar eclipse using ground-based and in situ measurements as well as numerical models.
Primary Convener:  Shunrong Zhang, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, United States
Conveners:  Larisa P Goncharenko, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, United States and Libo Liu, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Chairs:  Shunrong Zhang, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, United States, Larisa P Goncharenko, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, United States and Libo Liu, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
OSPA Liaison:  Shunrong Zhang, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, United States
Index Terms:

0355 Thermosphere: composition and chemistry [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
2427 Ionosphere/atmosphere interactions [IONOSPHERE]
7538 Solar irradiance [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Simulation of the August 21, 2017 Solar Eclipse Using the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model – eXtended (WACCM-X) (255085)
Joseph M McInerney1, Hanli Liu2, Daniel Robert Marsh1, Stanley C Solomon3, Francis Vitt4 and Andrew J Conley5, (1)National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)NCAR, HAO, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (5)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling, Boulder, CO, United States
Acoustic Gravity Waves in the Ionosphere and Thermosphere During the 2017 Solar Eclipse (281257)
Cissi Ying-tsen Lin and Yue Deng, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States
Ionospheric Plasma Observations of the 21 August 2017 Eclipse by the DMSP Spacecraft (218643)
William Robin Coley1, Marc R Hairston1 and Angeline G Burrell2, (1)University of Texas at Dallas, William B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences, Richardson, TX, United States, (2)University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
HF Band Observations and Modeling of the 2017 Eclipse (207774)
Gregory Duane Earle, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, United States, Lee Joseph Kordella, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Xaioyu Han, Virginia Tech, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Magdalina Louise Moses, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, Dennis Sweeney, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, ECE, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Robert W McGwier, Hwaseong, Korea, Republic of (South), Will Lloyd, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Hume Center, Blacksburg, VA, United States and J Michael Ruohoniemi, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, United States
The D-Region Ionospheric Response to the 2017 Solar Eclipse (281572)
Morris Cohen, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Atlanta, United States, Jackson McCormick, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States, Nicholas C Gross, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Atlanta, GA, United States and Marc Alexander Higginson-Rollins, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States

See more of: SPA-Aeronomy