SA033
Advances in Understanding Auroral Precipitation Characteristics and Their Effects on the Magnetosphere–Ionosphere–Thermosphere Coupling I

Tuesday, 15 December 2020: 17:30-18:30
Virtual
Primary Convener:  Dong Lin, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Wenbin Wang, NCAR, HAO, Boulder, CO, United States, Hyunju KIM Connor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Christine Gabrielse, Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, United States
Primary Liaison:  Dong Lin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States
Chairs:  Dong Lin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States and Hyunju KIM Connor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Christine Gabrielse, Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, United States
17:30
A deep learning based approach for modeling the dynamics of AMPERE Birkeland currents (Invited) (661654)
Bharat Kunduri1, Maimaitirebike Maimaiti1, Joseph B. H. Baker1, J. Michael Ruohoniemi2, Brian J Anderson3 and Sarah K. Vines4, (1)Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (2)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (3)Johns Hopkins Univ, Laurel, MD, United States, (4)University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States
17:38
Global modeling of magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling at the limit of the fluid approximation: Auroral beads and ballooning-interchange instability in the magnetosphere (Invited) (694417)
Kareem Sorathia1, Viacheslav G Merkin2, Evgeny V Panov3, Binzheng Zhang4, John Lyon5, Aleksandr Ukhorskiy6, Jeffrey Garretson7, Adam Michael8, Shinichi Ohtani9, Mikhail I. Sitnov9, Michael James Wiltberger10, Frank Toffoletto11, Dong Lin12, Shanshan Bao13 and Kevin H Pham14, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (2)The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, United States, (3)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (4)High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, (6)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States, (7)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, United States, (8)Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, (9)JHU/APL, Laurel, MD, United States, (10)National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States, (11)Rice University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Houston, TX, United States, (12)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (13)Rice University, Physics and Astronomy, Houston, TX, United States, (14)NCAR, Boulder, CO, CO, United States
17:46
Auroral Disturbance Driving of Large-Scale Traveling Ionospheric disturbances (LSTIDs) (683400)
Larry R Lyons1, Shunrong Zhang2, Toshi Nishimura3, William A Bristow4, Jiang Liu5 and Anthea Coster2, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, United States, (3)Boston University, Boston, United States, (4)Penn State, State College, PA, United States, (5)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Los Angeles, CA, United States
17:51
Study the storm-enhanced density and plasmasphere in response to the electric fields in a magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere coupled system (735222)
Shanshan Bao1, Frank Toffoletto1, Wenbin Wang2, Dong Lin3, Kevin H Pham4, Viacheslav G Merkin5, Kareem Sorathia6, Jeffrey Garretson7, John Lyon8 and Adam T. Michael9, (1)Rice University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Houston, TX, United States, (2)NCAR, HAO, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (4)NCAR, Boulder, CO, CO, United States, (5)The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, United States, (6)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (7)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, United States, (8)Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, (9)Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States
17:56
Sounding Rocket Observation of Lower Thermospheric Nitric Oxide in the Polar Night (760028)
Scott Martin Bailey1, William E McClintock2, Justin N Carstens3, Justin D Yonker4, Brentha Thurairajah1, Cora Randall5, Lynn Harvey6, David E Siskind7, Michael H Stevens8 and Saswati Das4, (1)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (2)University of Colorado, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (4)Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (5)University of Colorado, Boulder, United States, (6)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC, United States, (8)Naval Research Lab DC, Space Science Division, Washington, DC, United States
18:01
The critical importance of multiple concurrent electron precipitation mechanisms and backscatter to understanding auroral precipitation, a study using FAST satellite data analysis and computer models (754939)
John P Dombeck1, Cynthia A Cattell1, Tom Gade1, Robert L Lysak1, Nathan Twardock1 and Michael Warren Liemohn2, (1)University of Minnesota, School of Physics and Astronomy, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (2)University of Michigan, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
18:06
Derivation of D-region Electron-Density Profile Using New Multi-Frequency Riometer Instruments (733461)
Bing Yang1, Emma Spanswick1, Jun Liang1 and Allan Thomas Weatherwax2, (1)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, (2)Merrimack College, North Andover, MA, United States
18:11
Whistler Mode Chorus Waves and Their Influence on Diffuse Electron Aurora and Ionospheric Conductance. (752326)
Dillon Gillespie1, Hyunju KIM Connor2, Qianli Ma3, Xiaochen Shen3 and Xiaojia Zhang4, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Physics, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (3)Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, (4)IGPP, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
18:16
Discussion
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