Response of Thermospheric Composition to the Interaction of Planetary Waves and Tides Propagating from the Lower Atmosphere

Quan Gan1, Jens Oberheide2, Nicholas M Pedatella3, Liying Qian4, Wenbin Wang4, John Correira5 and Richard Eastes6, (1)University of Colorado, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States, (3)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, United States, (5)Computational Physics Inc. Springfield, Springfield, VA, United States, (6)University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States