SPA-Aeronomy



Advances in Low-Latitudes Thermosphere and Ionosphere Studies
Primary Convener:  Elvira Astafyeva, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France
Convener:  Chaosong Huang, Air Force Research Laboratory Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Primary Liaison:  Endawoke Yizengaw, The Aerospace Corporation, Space Science Application Laboratory, El Segundo, CA, United States


Advances in Radio Frequency Propagation 1. Modeling and Applications
Primary Convener:  James C Jones, Northrop Grumman Corporation Bellevue, Bellevue, NE, United States
Conveners:  Jonah J Colman, Air Force Research Laboratory Kirtland AFB, Kirtland AFB, NM, United States, Stephen Roland Kaeppler, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, United States and Ethan Miller, Systems and Technology Research, Dayton, United States
Primary Liaison:  Stephen Roland Kaeppler, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, United States


Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere (AIM) Coupling from High to Low Latitudes
Primary Convener:  Xinzhao Chu, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Xian Lu, Clemson University, Physics and Astronomy, Clemson, SC, United States, Zhonghua Xu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States and Shunrong Zhang, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Zhonghua Xu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States


Atmospheric Gravity Waves, from the Surface to the Edge of Space
Primary Convener:  Corwin Wright, University of Bath, Bath, BA2, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Neil Hindley1, Min-Jee Kang2, Fabio Vargas3 and Corwin Wright1, (1)University of Bath, Bath, BA2, United Kingdom(2)Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea(3)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Corwin Wright, University of Bath, Bath, BA2, United Kingdom


Composition, Wind, and Temperature Variability in the Mesosphere and Ionosphere/Thermosphere
Primary Convener:  Sovit Khadka, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, Edison, NJ, United States
Conveners:  Martin Mlynczak, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, Andrew J Gerrard, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, Newark, NJ, United States and Patrick Dandenault, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Sovit Khadka, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, Newark, NJ, United States


Distributed ionospheric measurements and heterogeneous-data-driven physics-based simulations for the auroral ionosphere
Primary Convener:  Romina Nikoukar, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Conveners:  Meghan Burleigh, US Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, MI, United States, Donald L Hampton, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Kristina A Lynch, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States
Primary Liaison:  Meghan Burleigh, US Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, MI, United States


Dynamic coupling of the thermosphere-ionosphere system during geomagnetically active periods
Primary Convener:  Wenbin Wang, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Qian Wu, NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States, Yongliang Zhang, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States and Dong Lin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Dong Lin, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States


Electrodynamics of the Coupled Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere System
Primary Convener:  Anastasia Newheart, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States
Conveners:  Stanislav Y Sazykin, Rice University, Physics and Astronomy Department, Houston, TX, United States, Luis Navarro, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Urbana, IL, United States and Bela G Fejer, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States
Primary Liaison:  Anastasia Newheart, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States


Equatorial, low-, and mid-latitude electrodynamics
Primary Convener:  Brian Joseph Harding, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
Conveners:  David L Hysell, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States and Yosuke Yamazaki, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Primary Liaison:  Brian Joseph Harding, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States


General Contributions
Primary Convener:  Romina Nikoukar, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Conveners:  Christina O Lee, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States and Amy M Keesee, University of New Hampshire, Physics and Space Science Center, Durham, NH, United States
Primary Liaison:  Romina Nikoukar, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States


Impacts and Results of the FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 Mission for Space Weather Operations and Research
Primary Convener:  John Braun, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Elsayed R Talaat, NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Charles C. H. Lin, National Cheng Kung University, Department of Earth Sciences, Tainan, Taiwan and Paul R Straus, Aerospace Corp, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  John Braun, Univ Corp Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States


Investigations of Daytime Thermosphere Ionosphere Using Observations and Model Simulations
Primary Convener:  Fazlul Islam Laskar, University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Astrid I Maute, NCAR/HAO, Boulder, CO, United States, McArthur Jones Jr, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, Sarah Jones, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Xuguang Cai, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States; University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Fazlul Islam Laskar, University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States


Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Coupling during Storms and Substorms
Primary Convener:  Toshi Nishimura, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
Conveners:  Yue Deng, University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States, Astrid I Maute, NCAR/HAO, Boulder, CO, United States and Larry R Lyons, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Toshi Nishimura, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States


Model Validation for Radio Frequency Propagation
Primary Convener:  David Russel Themens, University of Birmingham, Space Environment and Radio Engineering Group (SERENE), Birmingham, United Kingdom
Conveners:  David Russel Themens, University of Birmingham, Space Environment and Radio Engineering Group (SERENE), Birmingham, United Kingdom, Katherine Garcia-Sage, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Nathaniel A Frissell, The University of Scranton, Physics and Engineering, Scranton, PA, United States and Sean Elvidge, University of Birmingham, SERENE, Birmingham, B15, United Kingdom
Primary Liaison:  David Russel Themens, University of Birmingham, Space Environment and Radio Engineering Group (SERENE), Birmingham, United Kingdom


New Technologies for Active Experiments in the Ionosphere
Primary Convener:  Christopher T Fallen, Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, NM, United States
Convener:  Louise C Gentile, Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland AFB, NM, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jeff Holmes, Air Force Research Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM, United States


Non-storm time variations in the ionosphere and thermosphere
Primary Convener:  Yongliang Zhang, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
Conveners:  Wenbin Wang, NCAR, HAO, Boulder, CO, United States, Chaosong Huang, Air Force Research Laboratory Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM, United States and Qian Wu, NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Yongliang Zhang, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States


Storm Time Modification of the Ionosphere and Thermosphere: Drivers and Interactions near Solar Minimum
Primary Convener:  Carlos R. Martinis, Boston University, Center for Space Physics, Boston, MA, United States
Conveners:  Thomas J Immel, Univ of California, Berkeley, CA, United States, Toshi Nishimura, Boston University, Boston, United States and Asti Bhatt, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Thomas J Immel, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 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:  Kristina Collins, Case Western Reserve University, Electrical Engineering, Cleveland, OH, United States
Conveners:  Elizabeth A McDonald, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, Nathaniel A Frissell, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States and Laura Brandt, Leidos, San Diego, United States
Primary Liaison:  Elizabeth A McDonald, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States


Twenty Years of Space-Based Observations of the Ionosphere-Thermosphere-Mesosphere System and a View to the Future
Primary Convener:  Martin G Mlynczak, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States
Conveners:  Jeng-Hwa Yee, Johns Hopkins Univ, Laurel, MD, United States, Larry J Paxton, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States and Aaron J Ridley, Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Primary Liaison:  Martin G Mlynczak, NASA Langley Research Ctr, Hampton, VA, United States


Understanding the Low-Earth Orbit Environment and its Impacts on Space-Based Technology
Primary Convener:  Thomas E Berger, University of Colorado at Boulder Space Weather Technology, Research, and Education Center, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Jeffrey P Thayer, University of Colorado at Boulder, Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States and Janet C Green, Space Hazards Applications, LLC, Golden, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Thomas E Berger, University of Colorado at Boulder Space Weather Technology, Research, and Education Center, Boulder, CO, United States


Understanding the Variability of Nighttime Equatorial Ionization Anomaly (EIA) and Ionospheric Irregularities over Equatorial- and Low-Latitudes
Primary Convener:  Deepak Kumar Karan, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Anthea Coster, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, United States, Carlos R. Martinis, Boston University, Center for Space Physics, Boston, MA, United States and Fabiano S Rodrigues, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States
Primary Liaison:  Deepak Kumar Karan, University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States


Small Satellites as Pathfinders for New Mission Capabilities
Primary Convener:  William H Swartz, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Conveners:  Charles D Norton, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Pamela Millar, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and David M Klumpar, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States
Primary Liaison:  William H Swartz, Johns Hopkins Univ, Laurel, MD, United States