HR: 16:00h
AN: SA34A-01    [Abstracts]
TI: Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics Mission: Significant Findings, Evolving Research, and Outstanding Science Questions
AU: Curtis, N
EM: ncurtis@swri.edu
AF: Southwest Research Institute, Space Science and Engineering, 6220 Culebra Road, Building 178, San Antonio, TX 78238 United States
AU: * Crowley, G
EM: gcrowley@swri.edu
AF: Southwest Research Institute, Space Science and Engineering, 6220 Culebra Road, Building 178, San Antonio, TX 78238 United States
AU: Meier, R
EM: rmeier@gmu.edu
AF: George Mason University, School of Computational Sciences, Fairfax, VA 22030 United States
AU: Strickland, D J
EM: dstrick@cpi.com
AF: Computational Physics Inc., 8001 Braddock Rd., Suite 210, Springfield, VA 22151 United States
AU: Paxton, L J
EM: larry.paxton@jhuapl.edu
AF: Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road , Laurel, MD 20723-6099 United States
AU: Christensen, A
EM: andy.christensen@ngc.com
AF: Northrop Grumman Corporation, Corporate Headquarters, 1840 Century Park East , Los Angeles, CA 90067-2199 United States
AU: Morrison, D
EM: daniel.morrison@jhuapl.edu
AF: Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road , Laurel, MD 20723-6099 United States
AB: The GUVI instrument on TIMED has revolutionized our view of the thermospheric response to geomagnetic activity. GUVI provides global images of the thermospheric composition, which is an important driver of the ionospheric electron density. For the November 2003 storm, we present global simulations of the I-T response, using the model as a framework to interpret the changes observed by GUVI and other intruments. The model used is the NCAR Thermosphere Ionosphere Electrodynamics General Circulation Model (TIMEGCM) with high latitude inputs from the Assimilative Modeling of Ionospheric Electrodynamics (AMIE).
DE: 0355 Thermosphere: composition and chemistry
DE: 0545 Modeling (4255)
DE: 2447 Modeling and forecasting
DE: 7959 Models
SC: SPA-Aeronomy [SA]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005