HR: 12:05h
AN: SA42A-08 INVITED     [Abstracts]
TI: The Future of Systems Aeronomy in Addressing New Science Frontiers
AU: * Kozyra, J U
EM: jukozyra@engin.umich.edu
AF: University of Michigan, Space Research Bldg, 2455 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143 United States
AU: Paxton, L J
EM: larry.paxton@jhuapl.edu
AF: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd., Laurel, MD 20723 United States
AU: Ridley, A
EM: ridley@umich.edu
AF: University of Michigan, Space Research Bldg, 2455 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143 United States
AB: The future will see a new era in our ability to characterize the state of the sun-Earth system using the SEC Great Observatory, new electronic data handling and data mining technologies, high-performance sun-to-Earth models, new techniques for assimilation of sparse data, and the development of innovative worldwide research tools through integration of ground-based observing sites. The time has come to pull these developing capabilities together into an investigation that seeks to understand aeronomy at a higher level than has previously been possible. Systems Aeronomy is a study of this global system behavior but, more than that, it investigates the large-scale systems-level features that result from elemental processes, like ion-neutral coupling, plasma drifts or radiative cooling. Currently the TIMED mission is making important contributions in identifying and characterizing the A›ƒ,ª‹¨«building blockA›ƒ,ª‹¨« processes that change, evolve and combine to form the system response. Systems Aeronomy must have observational, theoretical and computational components to succeed. One of the key requirements is the ability to capture global data sets and integrate them into a coherent picture of the ITM system and its relationship to geospace. Success requires enhanced coordination between operating satellites throughout the sun-Earth system, new techniques for creating global maps from networks of ground-based and satellite-based sensors, and a new level of international cooperation leveraging off IPY2007, IHY2007, eGY2007, CAWSES, ICESTAR, and other planned worldwide programs. Twenty years down the road, Systems Aeronomy will provide the foundation for understanding planetary atmospheres, significantly extend the range of useful space weather prediction, and provide an important approach for investigating the impacts of anthropogenic and climatological changes in the ITM and on the geospace system as a whole.
DE: 2427 Ionosphere/atmosphere interactions (0335)
DE: 2431 Ionosphere/magnetosphere interactions (2736)
DE: 2499 General or miscellaneous
SC: SPA-Aeronomy [SA]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005