Characterizing auroral precipitation and ionospheric conductance with the Multiscale Atmosphere-Geospace Environment model

Dong Lin1, Wenbin Wang1, Viacheslav G Merkin2, Shanshan Bao3, Kareem Sorathia4, Kevin H Pham5, Meers M Oppenheim6, Dedong Wang7, Xueling Shi8, Michael James Wiltberger9 and Frank Toffoletto10, (1)National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, United States, (2)The Johns Hopkins University, APL, Laurel, United States, (3)Rice University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Houston, TX, United States, (4)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (5)NCAR, Boulder, United States, (6)Boston University, Center for Space Physics, Boston, MA, United States, (7)GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (8)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (9)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (10)Rice University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Houston, United States