GUVI Biblio

The International Reference Ionosphere 2012--a model of international collaboration

Bilitza, Dieter; Altadill, David; Zhang, Yongliang; Mertens, Chris; Truhlik, Vladimir; Richards, Phil; McKinnell, Lee-Anne; Reinisch, Bodo;

Published by: Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate      Published on:

YEAR: 2014     DOI:

Empirical STORM-E model: II. Geomagnetic corrections to nighttime ionospheric E-region electron densities

Auroral nighttime infrared emission observed by the Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) instrument onboard the Thermosphere\textendashIonosphere\textendashMesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) satellite is used to develop an empirical model of geomagnetic storm enhancements to E-region electron densities. The empirical model is called STORM-E and will be incorporated into the 2012 release of the International Reference Ionosphere (IRI). The proxy for characterizing the E-region resp ...

Mertens, Christopher; Xu, Xiaojing; Bilitza, Dieter; Mlynczak, Martin; Russell, James;

Published by: Advances in Space Research      Published on: 02/2013

YEAR: 2013     DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.09.014

AURORA; Auroral particle precipitation; E-region; Infrared remote sensing; Ionosphere; Magnetic storm; TIMED

Empirical STORM-E model: I. Theoretical and observational basis

Auroral nighttime infrared emission observed by the Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) instrument onboard the Thermosphere–Ionosphere–Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) satellite is used to develop an empirical model of geomagnetic storm enhancements to E-region peak electron densities. The empirical model is called STORM-E and will be incorporated into the 2012 release of the International Reference Ionosphere (IRI). The proxy for characterizing the E-region response to geomag ...

Mertens, Christopher; Xu, Xiaojing; Bilitza, Dieter; Mlynczak, Martin; Russell, James;

Published by: Advances in Space Research      Published on:

YEAR: 2013     DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2012.09.009

Auroral particle precipitation; Ionosphere; E-region; Magnetic storm; Infrared remote sensing; SABER

The Storm Time Energy and Dynamics Explorers

Swenson, C; Fish, CS; Crowley, G; Earle, GD; Anderson, BJ; Dyrud, LP; Carlson, HC; Erickson, PJ; Fejer, BG; Mertens, CJ; , others;

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YEAR: 2011     DOI:

Ionospheric E-Region Chemistry and Energetics

Mertens, Christopher; Mlynczak, Martin; Gronoff, Guillaume; Yee, Jeng-Hwa; Swenson, Charles; Fish, Chad; Wellard, Stan; Lumpe, Jerry; Strickland, Doug; Evans, Scott;

Published by: To propose an Earth-observing, multi-satellite science mission to explore the last remaining frontier in upper atmospheric research—the ionospheric E-region      Published on:

YEAR: 2010     DOI:

Influence of solar-geomagnetic disturbances on SABER measurements of 4.3 Micrometer emission and the retrieval of kinetic temperature and carbon dioxide

Thermospheric infrared radiance at 4.3 μm is susceptible to the influence of solar-geomagnetic disturbances. Ionization processes followed by ion-neutral chemical reactions lead to vibrationally excited NO+ (i.e., NO+(v)) and subsequent 4.3 μm emission in the ionospheric E-region. Large enhancements of nighttime 4.3 μm emission were observed by the TIMED/SABER instrument during the April 2002 and October\textendashNovember 2003 solar storms. Global measurements of infrared 4.3 μm emission provide an excellent proxy to ...

Mertens, Christopher; Winick, Jeremy; Picard, Richard; Evans, David; opez-Puertas, Manuel; Wintersteiner, Peter; Xu, Xiaojing; Mlynczak, Martin; Russell, James;

Published by: Advances in Space Research      Published on:

YEAR: 2009     DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2008.10.029

Tidal variability in the ionospheric dynamo region

The seasonal and interannual variability of migrating (Sun-synchronous) and nonmigrating solar atmospheric tides at altitudes between 100 and 116 km are investigated using temperature measurements made with the SABER instrument on the TIMED spacecraft during 2002–2006. Quasi-biennial variations of order ±10–15\% in migrating diurnal and semidiurnal tidal amplitudes are found, presumably due to modulation by the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) as the tides propagate from their troposphere and stratospheric sources to th ...

Forbes, J.; Zhang, X.; Palo, S.; Russell, J.; Mertens, C.; Mlynczak, M.;

Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics      Published on:

YEAR: 2008     DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JA012737

tides; dynamo; Ionosphere

Ionospheric E-region response to solar-geomagnetic storms observed by TIMED/SABER and application to IRI storm-model development

The large thermospheric infrared radiance enhancements observed from the TIMED/SABER experiment during recent solar storms provide an exciting opportunity to study the influence of solar-geomagnetic disturbances on the upper atmosphere and ionosphere. In particular, nighttime enhancements of 4.3μm emission, due to vibrational excitation and radiative emission by NO+, provide an excellent proxy to study and analyze the response of the ionospheric E-region to auroral electron dosing and storm-time enhancements to the E-region ...

Mertens, Christopher; Mast, Jeffrey; Winick, Jeremy; Russell, James; Mlynczak, Martin; Evans, David;

Published by: Advances in Space Research      Published on:

YEAR: 2007     DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2006.09.032

Ionosphere; Magnetic storms; Ion-neutral chemistry; Non-LTE; Radiation transfer

Energy transport in the thermosphere during the solar storms of April 2002

Mlynczak, Martin; Martin-Torres, Javier; Crowley, Geoff; Kratz, David; Funke, Bernd; Lu, Gang; Lopez-Puertas, Manuel; Russell, James; Kozyra, Janet; Mertens, Chris; Sharma, Ramesh; Gordley, Larry; Picard, Richard; Winick, Jeremy; Paxton, L.;

Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research      Published on: Jan-01-2005

YEAR: 2005     DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011141

Influence of geomagnetic-ionospheric disturbances on SABER measurements of 4.3 um emission and the retrievals of kinetic temperature and carbon dioxide

Mertens, CJ; Richards, PG; , Winick; Picard, RH; Paxton, LJ; Wintersteiner, PP; Team, Saber;

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YEAR: 2004     DOI:

The natural thermostat of nitric oxide emission at 5.3 μm in the thermosphere observed during the solar storms of April 2002

The Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) experiment on the Thermosphere-Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) satellite observed the infrared radiative response of the thermosphere to the solar storm events of April 2002. Large radiance enhancements were observed at 5.3 μm, which are due to emission from the vibration-rotation bands of nitric oxide (NO). The emission by NO is indicative of the conversion of solar energy to infrared radiation within the atmosphere and repr ...

Mlynczak, Marty; Martin-Torres, F.; Russell, J.; Beaumont, K.; Jacobson, S.; Kozyra, J.; opez-Puertas, M.; Funke, B.; Mertens, C.; Gordley, L.; Picard, R.; Winick, J.; Wintersteiner, P.; Paxton, L.;

Published by: Geophysical Research Letters      Published on: 03/2003

YEAR: 2003     DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017693

The natural thermostat of nitric oxide emission at 5.3 $\mu$m in the thermosphere observed during the solar storms of April 2002

Mlynczak, Marty; Martin-Torres, Javier; Russell, James; Beaumont, Ken; Jacobson, Steven; Kozyra, Janet; Lopez-Puertas, Manuel; Funke, Bernd; Mertens, Christopher; Gordley, Larry; , others;

Published by: Geophysical Research Letters      Published on:

YEAR: 2003     DOI:

Analysis of the energy input and loss in the thermosphere during the auroral events using SABER infrared limb emission and GUVI limb emission

, Winick; Mlynczak, MG; Wintersteiner, PP; Martin-Torres, F; Picard, RH; Paxton, L; Lopez-Puertas, M; Mertens, CJ; RUSSELL, JM; Christensen, A; , others;

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YEAR: 2003     DOI: