Impacts of gravity waves on the thermospheric circulation and composition

HL Liu, PH Lauritzen, F Vitt - Geophysical Research Letters, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The high‐resolution Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model with
thermosphere/ionosphere extension (WACCM‐X) is used to study the impacts of gravity …

The lower thermospheric winter‐to‐summer meridional circulation: 2. Impact on atomic oxygen

JC Wang, J Yue, W Wang, L Qian… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As a companion study of the Part 1 (JC Wang et al., 2022, https://doi. org/10.1029/
2022JA030948), the impact of the lower‐thermospheric circulation on atomic oxygen (O) in …

Direct observational evidence of altered mesosphere lower thermosphere mean circulation from a major sudden stratospheric warming

F Gasperini, MA Jones Jr, BJ Harding… - Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) are large‐scale phenomena characterized by
dramatic dynamic disruptions in the stratospheric winter polar regions. Previous studies …

Energetic particle precipitation influences global secondary ozone distribution

J Jia, LE Murberg, T Løvset, YJ Orsolini… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
The secondary ozone layer is a global peak in ozone abundance in the upper mesosphere-
lower thermosphere (UMLT) around 90-95 km. The effect of energetic particle precipitation …

Diagnostics of the solar activity influence on the global atmospheric circulation in the thermosphere and MLT area: wave—mean flow interaction effects

AV Koval, KA Didenko, TS Ermakova, NM Gavrilov… - Climate Dynamics, 2025 - Springer
Using the mechanistic nonlinear Middle and Upper Atmosphere Model “MUAM”, the
influence of solar activity (SA) on the dynamics of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere …

Impact of Arctic and Antarctic sudden stratospheric warmings on thermospheric composition

J Zhang, J Oberheide, NM Pedatella… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Using the Global‐scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) and the Global
Ultraviolet Imager (GUVI), we examine the impact of sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) …

Impact of Arctic and Antarctic sudden stratospheric warmings on thermospheric composition

J Zhang, J Oberheide, NM Pedatella… - ESS Open Archive, 2024 - essopenarchive.org
Abstract Using the Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) and the Global
Ultraviolet Imager (GUVI), we examine the impact of sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) …

Responses of the Mean Thermosphere Circulation, O/N2 Ratio and Ne to Solar and Magnetospheric Forcing From Above and Tidal Forcing From Below

JM Forbes, X Zhang, A Maute… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The day‐to‐day variability (“weather”) associated with the diurnal‐and zonal‐mean (DZM)
circulation, O/N2 ratio and electron density (Ne) of the I‐T system due to tidal “forcing from …

On the inverse correlation between the thermosphere winter helium bulge and solar activity: Impact of gravity wave drag from the mesosphere

D Ren, J Lei, HL Liu, W Wang, J Yue… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the temporal and spatial variations in the ideal inert tracer helium can
provide insight into the dynamic evolution of the thermosphere. The magnitude of the …

The impact of lower atmosphere forecast uncertainties on WACCM‐X prediction of ionosphere‐thermosphere system during geomagnetic storms

W Lee, IS Song, JS Shim, G Liu, G Jee - Space Weather, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Impacts of lower atmosphere forecast uncertainties on the Ionosphere‐Thermosphere (IT)
system are investigated using the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model with …