Space Physics and Aeronomy, Upper Atmosphere Dynamics and Energetics

List of Contributors ­­­Preface Wenbin Wang and Yongliang Zhang Section I: Energetics and Dynamics of the Upper Atmosphere 1. Joule Heating in the Thermosphere Arthur D. Richmond 2. Momentum and Energy Budgets in the High-Latitude Lower Thermospheric Wind System Young-Sil Kwakand Arthur D. Richmond 3. Upper Thermospheric Winds: Forcing, Variability and Effects Wenbin Wang, Alan G. Burns, and Jing Liu 4. Influence of Non-hydrostatic Processes on the Ionosphere-Thermosphere Yue Deng, Cissi Y. Lin, Qingyu Zhu, and Cheng Sheng 5. The Middle and Low Latitude Neutral Wind Dynamo Astrid Maute Section II: Upper Atmospheric Composition 6. Neutral Composition in the Upper Atmosphere Alan G. Burns, Wenbin Wang, and Liying Qian 7. Storm-time Neutral Composition Changes of the Upper Atmosphere Yongliang Zhang and Larry J. Paxton 8. Neutral Hydrogen in the Terrestrial Thermosphere and Exosphere: A Ground-based Perspective Edwin Mierkiewicz Section III: Low and Upper Atmosphere Coupling Through Waves 9. Atmosphere-Ionosphere (A-I) Coupling by Solar and Lunar Tides Jeffrey M. Forbes 10. Planetary Waves and Their Impact on the Mesosphere, Thermosphere and Ionosphere Jia Yue, Ruth Lieberman, and Loren C. Chang 11. Longitudinal Variation in the Mass Density of the Thermosphere: A GAIA Simulation Yasunobu Miyoshi Section IV: Upper Atmosphere Structure and Variability 12. Equatorial Thermosphere Anomaly Jiuhou Lei 13. Structured Polar Ionosphere and Its Drivers: A Review Jing Liu, Wenbin Wang, Alan G. Burns, and Qinghe Zhang 14. Solar Flare Effects on the Thermosphere and Ionosphere Liying Qian and Thomas N. Woods 15. Day-to-day Variability of the Thermosphere and Ionosphere Huixin Liu, Yosuke Yamazaki, and Jiuhou Lei 16. Response of the Ionosphere to Varying Solar Fluxes Libo Liu, Yiding Chen, and Huijun Le 17. Long-Term Trends in the Upper Atmosphere Jan Lastovieka Section V: Upper Atmosphere Data Assimilation 18. Inference of Hidden States by Coupled Thermosphere-Ionosphere Data Assimilation: Applications to Observability and Predictability of Neutral Mass Density Tomoko Matsuo and Chih-Ting Hsu Section VI: Upper Atmosphere Observations 19. The Ground-based Airglow Imager Network in China-Recent Observational Results Jiyao Xu, Qinzeng Li, Longchang Sun, Xiao Liu, Wei Yuan, Wenbin Wang, Jia Yue, Shunrong Zhang, Weijun Liu, Guoying Jiang, Kun Wu, Hong Gao, and Chang Lai 20. MLT Science Enabled by Atmospheric Lidars Chiao-Yao She, Alan Z. Liu, TaoYuan, Jia Yue, Tao Li, Chao Ban, and Jonathan S. Friedman 21. Remote Sensing of Magnetic Fields Induced by Electrojets From Space: Measurement Techniques and Sensor Design Jeng-Hwa Yee, Jesper Gjerloev, and Dongliang Wu 22. Remote Sensing of Global Lower Thermospheric Winds: Sensing Techniques and Sensor Design Jeng-Hwa Yee, Imran Mehdi, Darren Hayton, Jose Siles, and Dongliang Wu 23. Exploring the Upper Atmosphere: Using Optical Remote Sensing Larry J. Paxton, Yongliang Zhang, Hyosub Kil, and Robert K. Schaefer Index