Global Climatology of Meridional Winds in the Thermosphere

9320449米勒该奖项是对一种方法的持续发展和科学应用的奖励，该方法可以从现有的F2层高度的地面测量中得出沿磁子午线的中性风分量。经向风是通过模型层高度与实测层高度的比较得出的。这种方法可以产生与法布里-珀罗涉术和非相干散射雷达等其他方法相媲美的结果，其优点是已经在全球范围内常规和系统地测量F2层的高度。经向风的强度和变异性对于理解热层和电离层的能量学和组成具有重要意义。它可能是热生光化学模型中影响最大的自由参数。这项研究将通过在测量活动期间提供全球风值，并将结果组织成对热层动力学的气候学描述，从而增加我们对经向风的大小和变异性的理解。***

9320449 Miller This award is for the continued development and scientific application of a method whereby the component of the neutral wind along a magnetic meridian can be derived from existing ground-based measurements of the height of the F2 layer. The meridional wind is derived by a comparison of the modeled layer height with the measured height. This method can produce results comparable with other methods, such as Fabry-Perot interferometry and incoherent- scatter radar, and has the advantage that measurements of the height of the F2 layer are already being made routinely and systematically on a global scale. The strength and variability of the meridional wind is of major importance to the understanding of the energetics and composition of the Thermosphere and Ionosphere. It is perhaps the most influential free parameter in thermosopheric photochemical models. This study will increase our understanding of the magnitude and variability of the meridional wind by providing global wind values during measurement campaigns and by organizing the results into a climatological description of thermospheric dynamics. ***