HR: 11:50h
AN: SA42A-07    [Abstracts]
TI: Status of Ionosphere-Thermosphere Modeling: What's Missing?
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: Solomon, S
EM: stans@ucar.edu
AF: National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO 80301 United States
AU: Burns, A
EM: aburns@ucar.edu
AF: National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO 80301 United States
AU: Wang, W
EM: wbang@hao.ucar.edu
AF: National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO 80301 United States
AU: Wiltberger, M J
EM: wiltbemj@ucar.edu
AF: National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO 80301 United States
AB: There are several first principles 3-D models of the ionosphere and thermosphere available. We briefly review some of the existing models, and identify some of the scientific unknowns that contribute to their lack of fidelity. These unknowns include model inputs, boundary conditions, parameterizations and aeronomy. Another problem for the global models is lack of data for validation. We discuss how new measurements could contribute to significant progress in ionosphere-thermosphere modeling.
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