Multi-satellite and ground-based instrument data assimilation analysis of shears in the lower thermosphere

Rafael Luiz Araujo de Mesquita, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, Alex Chartier, Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, United States, Brian J Harding, University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, Nicholas M Pedatella, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States and Hanli Liu, NCAR, Boulder, United States