In-Situ Measurements of the Thermosphere during Magnetospheric Forcing Events: Results from the Neutral Gas Instruments on the Auroral Jets and RENU2 Sounding Rocket Missions
Abstract
Measurements and analyses from the Auroral Jets and RENU2 sounding rocket missions are presented and discussed. The focus is on the in-situ measurements of the thermospheric gas, including the density, temperature, and winds structure that resulted from the electrodynamic and charged particle forcing during these events. Measurements from the plasma, fields, and optical instrumentation are used to put the neutral gas measurements into context. These sets of measurements provide valuable insights into how the thermosphere is forced and structured through its connection to the magnetosphere via transport along high-latitude magnetic field lines. Of particular note is the contrast in thermospheric behavior under the different characters of the driving phenomena present in the nightside aurora and the dayside magnetospheric cusp.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2018
- Bibcode:
- 2018AGUFMSA33A..06C
- Keywords:
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- 0358 Thermosphere: energy deposition;
- ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTUREDE: 3369 Thermospheric dynamics;
- ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSESDE: 2407 Auroral ionosphere;
- IONOSPHEREDE: 2427 Ionosphere/atmosphere interactions;
- IONOSPHERE