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2022 |
Seasonal Variation of Thermospheric Composition Observed by NASA GOLD We examine characteristics of the seasonal variation of thermospheric composition using column number density ratio ∑O/N2 observed by the NASA Global Observations of Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission from low-mid to mid-high latitudes. We also use ∑O/N2 derived from the Global Ultraviolet Imager (GUVI) limb measurements onboard the Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) satellite and estimated by the NRLMSISE-00 empirical model to aid our investigation. We found that the ∑O/N2 seasonal variation ... Qian, Liying; Gan, Quan; Wang, Wenbin; Cai, Xuguang; Eastes, Richard; Yue, Jia; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: YEAR: 2022   DOI: 10.1029/2022JA030496 annual variation; GOLD observation; MSIS; seasonal variation; semiannual variation; thermosphere composition |
In the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) region, residual circulations driven by gravity wave breaking and dissipation significantly impact constituent distribution and the height and temperature of the mesopause. The distribution of CO2 can be used as a proxy for the residual circulations. Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) CO2 volume mixing ratio (VMR) and temperature measurements from 2003 to 2020 are used to study the monthly climatology of MLT residual circulations and the mesop ... Wang, Ningchao; Qian, Liying; Yue, Jia; Wang, Wenbin; Mlynczak, Martin; Russell, James; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Published on: YEAR: 2022   DOI: 10.1029/2021JD035666 climatology; interannual variation; MLT region; residual circulation; seasonal variation |
Following the 2022 Tonga Volcano eruption, dramatic suppression and deformation of the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) crests occurred in the American sector ∼14,000 km away from the epicenter. The EIA crests variations and associated ionosphere-thermosphere disturbances were investigated using Global Navigation Satellite System total electron content data, Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk ultraviolet images, Ionospheric Connection Explorer wind data, and ionosonde observations. The main results are as fo ... Aa, Ercha; Zhang, Shun-Rong; Wang, Wenbin; Erickson, Philip; Qian, Liying; Eastes, Richard; Harding, Brian; Immel, Thomas; Karan, Deepak; Daniell, Robert; Coster, Anthea; Goncharenko, Larisa; Vierinen, Juha; Cai, Xuguang; Spicher, Andres; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: YEAR: 2022   DOI: 10.1029/2022JA030527 EIA suppression and X-pattern; Equatorial ionization anomaly; GNSS TEC; GOLD UV images; ICON MIGHTI neutral wind; Tonga volcano eruption |
2020 |
Comparison of GOLD nighttime measurements with total electron content: Preliminary results The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Global‐scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) has been imaging the thermosphere and ionosphere since Cai, Xuguang; Burns, Alan; Wang, Wenbin; Coster, Anthea; Qian, Liying; Liu, Jing; Solomon, Stanley; Eastes, Richard; Daniell, Robert; McClintock, William; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: YEAR: 2020   DOI: 10.1029/2019JA027767 |
2019 |
Annual and Semiannual Oscillations of Thermospheric Composition in TIMED/GUVI Limb Measurements The Global UltraViolet Imager (GUVI) onboard the Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) satellite provides a data set of vertical thermospheric composition (O, N2, and O2 densities) and temperature profiles from 2002\textendash2007. Even though GUVI sampling is limited by orbital constraint, we demonstrated that the GUVI data set can be used to derive the altitude profiles of the amplitudes and phases of annual oscillation (AO) and semiannual oscillation (SAO), thereby pro ... Yue, Jia; Jian, Yongxiao; Wang, Wenbin; Meier, R.R.; Burns, Alan; Qian, Liying; Jones, M.; Wu, Dong; Mlynczak, Martin; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: 04/2019 YEAR: 2019   DOI: 10.1029/2019JA026544 |
Composition Changes Around the Equinoxes
Burns, Alan; Cai, Xuguang; Wang, Wenbin; Qian, Liying; Zhang, Yongliang; Eastes, Richard; McClintock, William; Published by: Published on: |
2018 |
Key developments have been made to the NCAR Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model with thermosphere and ionosphere extension (WACCM-X). Among them, the most important are the self-consistent solution of global electrodynamics, and transport of O+ in the F-region. Other ionosphere developments include time-dependent solution of electron/ion temperatures, metastable O+ chemistry, and high-cadence solar EUV capability. Additional developments of the thermospheric components are improvements to the mo ... Liu, Han-Li; Bardeen, Charles; Foster, Benjamin; Lauritzen, Peter; Liu, Jing; Lu, Gang; Marsh, Daniel; Maute, Astrid; McInerney, Joseph; Pedatella, Nicholas; Qian, Liying; Richmond, Arthur; Roble, Raymond; Solomon, Stanley; Vitt, Francis; Wang, Wenbin; Published by: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems Published on: 01/2018 YEAR: 2018   DOI: 10.1002/jame.v10.210.1002/2017MS001232 |
Temporal Variability of Atomic Hydrogen From the Mesopause to the Upper Thermosphere We investigate atomic hydrogen (H) variability from the mesopause to the upper thermosphere, on time scales of solar cycle, seasonal, and diurnal, using measurements made by the Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) instrument on the Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics Dynamics satellite, and simulations by the National Center for Atmospheric Research Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model-eXtended (WACCM-X). In the mesopause region (85 to 95\ km), the seasonal and solar c ... Qian, Liying; Burns, Alan; Solomon, Stan; Smith, Anne; McInerney, Joseph; Hunt, Linda; Marsh, Daniel; Liu, Hanli; Mlynczak, Martin; Vitt, Francis; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: 01/2018 YEAR: 2018   DOI: 10.1002/2017JA024998 |
Wang, Wenbin; Qian, Liying; Burns, Alan; Liu, Jing; Published by: 42nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly Published on: |
2017 |
Impact of the lower thermospheric winter-to-summer residual circulation on thermospheric composition Gravity wave forcing near the mesopause drives a summer-to-winter residual circulation in the mesosphere and a reversed, lower thermospheric winter-to-summer residual circulation. We conducted modeling studies to investigate how this lower thermospheric residual circulation impacts thermospheric composition (O/N2). We found that the upwelling associated with the residual circulation significantly decreases O/N2 in winter and the downwelling in summer slightly increases O/N2. Consequently, ... Published by: Geophysical Research Letters Published on: 05/2017 YEAR: 2017   DOI: 10.1002/2017GL073361 |
Burns, Alan; Wang, Wenbin; Zhang, Yongliang; Qian, Liying; Published by: Published on: |
2016 |
Longitudinal variations of thermospheric composition at the solstices O/N2, measured by the Global Ultraviolet Imager on board the Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics Dynamics satellite, has large longitudinal variations at the solstices, which are simulated well in upper atmosphere general circulation models. These longitudinal variations are caused by the displacement of the Earth\textquoterights magnetic poles from the geographic ones. The location of a magnetic pole affects the latitude at which the winds, driven by heating in summer, converge in the subauroral regi ... Qian, Liying; Burns, Alan; Wang, Wenbin; Solomon, Stanley; Zhang, Yongliang; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: 06/2016 YEAR: 2016   DOI: 10.1002/2016JA022898 |
Solar cycle variations of thermospheric composition at the solstices We examine the solar cycle variability of thermospheric composition (O/N2) at the solstices. Our observational and modeling studies show that the summer-to-winter latitudinal gradient of O/N2 is small at solar minimum but large at solar maximum; O/N2 is larger at solar maximum than at solar minimum on a global-mean basis; there is a seasonal asymmetry in the solar cycle variability of O/N2, with large solar cycle variations in the winter hemisphere and small solar cycle variatio ... Qian, Liying; Burns, Alan; Solomon, Stanley; Wang, Wenbin; Zhang, Yongliang; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: 04/2016 YEAR: 2016   DOI: 10.1002/2016JA022390 |
Thermospheric hydrogen response to increases in greenhouse gases We investigated thermospheric hydrogen response to increase in greenhouse gases and the dependence of this response to solar activity, using a global mean version of the National Center for Atmospheric Research Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Mesosphere-Electrodynamics General Circulation Model. We separately doubled carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) to study the influence of temperature and changes to source species for hydrogen. Our results indicate that both CO2 cooling and CH4 ... Nossal, S.; Qian, L.; Solomon, S.; Burns, A.; Wang, W.; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: 03/2016 YEAR: 2016   DOI: 10.1002/2015JA022008 |
We investigate the interhemispheric circulation at the solstices, in order to understand why O/N2\ is larger in the northern hemisphere winter than in the southern hemisphere winter. Our studies reveal that the equatorial ionosphere anomaly (EIA) significantly impacts the summer-to-winter wind through plasma-neutral collisional heating, which changes the summer-to-winter pressure gradient, and ion drag. Consequently, the wind is suppressed in the summer hemisphere as it encounters the EIA but accelerates a ... Qian, Liying; Burns, Alan; Wang, Wenbin; Solomon, Stanley; Zhang, Yongliang; Hsu, V.; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: 02/2016 YEAR: 2016   DOI: 10.1002/2015JA022169 Equatorial ionization anomaly; interhemispheric circulation; ionosphere winter anomaly; plasma-neutral collisional heating; thermosphere composition; vertical advection |
Burns, Alan; Qian, Liying; Wang, Wenbin; Goncharenko, Larisa; Solomon, Stanley; Published by: Published on: |
Effects of the equatorial ionosphere anomaly on the interhemispheric circulation in the thermosphere
Qian, Liying; Burns, Alan; Wang, Wenbin; Solomon, Stanley; Zhang, Yongliang; , Hsu; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: |
2015 |
Explaining solar cycle effects on composition as it relates to the winter anomaly The solar cycle variation of\ F2\ region winter anomaly is related to solar cycle changes in the latitudinal winter-to-summer difference of O/N2. Here we use the National Center for Atmospheric Research\textendashGlobal Mean Model to develop a concept of why the latitudinal winter-to-summer difference of O/N2\ varies with solar cycle. The main driver for these seasonal changes in composition is vertical advection, which is expressed most simply in pressure coordinat ... Burns, A.; Solomon, S.; Wang, W.; Qian, L.; Zhang, Y.; Paxton, L.; Yue, X.; Thayer, J.; Liu, H.; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: 07/2015 YEAR: 2015   DOI: 10.1002/2015JA021220 |
Latitudinal and Solar Cycle Variability of Thermosphere Composition at the Solstices
Qian, Liying; Burns, Alan; Wang, Wenbin; Solomon, Stanley; Zhang, Yongliang; Published by: Published on: |
2014 |
On the solar cycle variation of the winter anomaly Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate, Ionosonde, and Global Ultraviolet Imager data have been used to investigate the solar cycle changes in the winter anomaly (the winter anomaly is defined as the enhancement of the F2 peak electron density in the winter hemisphere over that in the summer hemisphere) in the last solar cycle. There is no winter anomaly in solar minimum, and an enhancement of about 50\% in winter over summer ones on the same day of the year at solar max ... Burns, A.; Wang, W.; Qian, L.; Solomon, S.; Zhang, Y.; Paxton, L.; Yue, X.; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: 06/2014 YEAR: 2014   DOI: 10.1002/jgra.v119.610.1002/2013JA019552 |
Composition and the Winter Anomaly
Burns, Alan; Wang, Wenbin; Qian, Liying; Solomon, Stanley; Zhang, Yongliang; Paxton, Larry; Thayer, Jeffrey; Published by: Published on: |
Hunton, Don; Pilinski, Marcin; Crowley, Geoff; Azeem, I; Fuller-Rowell, Timothy; Matsuo, Tomoko; Fedrizzi, Mariangel; Solomon, Stanley; Qian, Liying; Thayer, Jeffrey; , others; Published by: Published on: |
Energetics and Composition in the Thermosphere
Burns, AG; Wang, W; Solomon, SC; Qian, L; Published by: Modeling the Ionosphere-Thermosphere System Published on: |
The NCAR TIE-GCM: A community model of the coupled thermosphere/ionosphere system
Qian, Liying; Burns, Alan; Emery, Barbara; Foster, Benjamin; Lu, Gang; Maute, Astrid; Richmond, Arthur; Roble, Raymond; Solomon, Stanley; Wang, Wenbin; Published by: Modeling the Ionosphere-Thermosphere System Published on: |
2013 |
The anomalous ionosphere between solar cycles 23 and 24 The solar minimum period during 2008\textendash2009 was characterized by lower thermospheric density than the previous solar minimum and lower than any previously measured. Recent work used the NCAR Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Electrodynamics General Circulation Model to show that the primary cause of density changes from 1996 to 2008 was a small reduction in solar extreme ultraviolet (EUV) irradiance, causing a decrease in thermospheric temperature and hence a contracted thermosphere. There are similar effects in the ionosph ... Solomon, Stanley; Qian, Liying; Burns, Alan; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: 10/2013 YEAR: 2013   DOI: 10.1002/jgra.v118.1010.1002/jgra.50561 climate; Ionosphere; irradiance; solar; thermosphere; ultraviolet |
Annual/semiannual variation of the ionosphere We investigated the relationship between the systematic annual and semiannual variations in the ionosphere and thermosphere using a combination of data analysis and model simulation. A climatology of daytime peak density and height of the ionospheric F2 layer was obtained from GPS radio occultation measurements by the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) during 2007\textendash2010. These measurements were compared to simulations by the NCAR Thermosphere-Ionos ... Qian, Liying; Burns, Alan; Solomon, Stanley; Wang, Wenbin; Published by: Geophysical Research Letters Published on: 05/2014 YEAR: 2013   DOI: 10.1002/grl.50448 annual/semiannual variations; climatology; eddy diffusion; gravity waves; neutral density and composition; NmF2 |
Determination of the Ionospheric Electron Density Profile from FUV Remote Sensing Measurements A limb viewing model is established in this paper based on GUVI measurements of OI 135.6 nm nightglow and a method with Chapman function describing the distribution of ionospheric electron density is presented to obtain the ionospheric electron density profile. We apply the regularization and Newton iteration method to calculate ionospheric peak electron density and peak height with GUVI measurements, eliminating the ill condition of the weighted matrix. The ionospheric electron density profile is obtained using the calcu ... Jing, Wang; Yi, TANG; Zhi-Ge, ZHANG; Xu-Li, ZHENG; Guo-Qiang, NI; Published by: Chinese Journal of Geophysics Published on: 03/2013 YEAR: 2013   DOI: 10.1002/cjg2.20011 Electron density profile; Far ultraviolet spectrum remote sensing; GUVI; Ionosphere |
2012 |
Burns, A.G.; Solomon, S.C.; Qian, L.; Wang, W.; Emery, B.A.; Wiltberger, M.; Weimer, D.R.; Published by: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics Published on: Jan-07-2012 YEAR: 2012   DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2012.02.006 |
Anomalously low geomagnetic energy inputs during 2008 solar minimum
Deng, Yue; Huang, Yanshi; Solomon, Stan; Qian, Liying; Knipp, Delores; Weimer, Daniel; Wang, Jing-Song; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research Published on: Jan-01-2012 YEAR: 2012   DOI: 10.1029/2012JA018039 |
Daytime climatology of ionospheric N m F 2 and h m F 2 from COSMIC data
Burns, A.; Solomon, S.; Wang, W.; Qian, L.; Zhang, Y.; Paxton, L.; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research Published on: Jan-01-2012 YEAR: 2012   DOI: 10.1029/2012JA017529 |
Solomon, Stanley; Burns, Alan; Emery, Barbara; Mlynczak, Martin; Qian, Liying; Wang, Wenbin; Weimer, Daniel; Wiltberger, Michael; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research Published on: Jan-01-2012 YEAR: 2012   DOI: 10.1029/2011JA017417 |
The seasonal changes in the relationship between neutral composition and NmF2 from 2002 to 2007
Burns, AG; Solomon, SC; Wang, W; Qian, L; Zhang, Y; Paxton, LJ; Published by: Published on: |
2011 |
Progress in observations and simulations of global change in the upper atmosphere
Qian, Liying; La\vstovi\vcka, Jan; Roble, Raymond; Solomon, Stanley; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: |
2010 |
Model simulation of thermospheric response to recurrent geomagnetic forcing
Qian, Liying; Solomon, Stanley; Mlynczak, Martin; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research Published on: Jan-01-2010 YEAR: 2010   DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015309 |
Talaat, Elsayed; Fuller-Rowell, Tim; Qian, Liying; Richards, Phil; Ridley, Aaron; Burns, Alan; Bernstein, Dennis; Chamberlin, Phillip; Fedrizzi, Mariangel; Hsieh, Syau-Yun; , others; Published by: 38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly Published on: |
2009 |
Seasonal variation of thermospheric density and composition Thermospheric neutral density and composition exhibit a strong seasonal variation, with maxima near the equinoxes, a primary minimum during northern hemisphere summer, and a secondary minimum during southern hemisphere summer. This pattern of variation is described by thermospheric empirical models. However, the mechanisms are not well understood. The annual insolation variation due to the Sun-Earth distance can cause an annual variation, large-scale interhemispheric circulation can cause a global semiannual variation, an ... Qian, Liying; Solomon, Stanley; Kane, Timothy; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research Published on: 01/2009 YEAR: 2009   DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013643 eddy diffusion; thermospheric annual/semiannual variation; thermospheric density and composition |
2008 |
XUV Photometer System (XPS): Improved Solar Irradiance Algorithm Using CHIANTI Spectral Models
Woods, Thomas; Chamberlin, Phillip; Peterson, W.; Meier, R.; Richards, Phil; Strickland, Douglas; Lu, Gang; Qian, Liying; Solomon, Stanley; Iijima, B.; Mannucci, A.; Tsurutani, B.; Published by: Solar Physics Published on: Jan-08-2008 YEAR: 2008   DOI: 10.1007/s11207-008-9196-6 |
Impact of Eddy Diffusivity on Seasonal Variations of the Thermosphere
Qian, Liying; Solomon, Stanley; Kane, Timothy; Published by: Published on: |
2007 |
Solar Cycle and Seasonal Variation of Thermospheric Density and Composition
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2005 |
Thermospheric Response to Solar EUV during Quiet and Flare Conditions
Solomon, SC; Qian, L; Gladstone, GR; Bailey, SM; Rodgers, EM; Published by: Published on: |
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