CAREER: Mesospheric Dynamics during Stratospheric Warming Events

利用极区地面光谱数据和低纬度卫星数据的十年数据库，研究了平流层突然变暖事件引起的中间层动力学和热力学变化。观测结果与热层-电离层-外层全球环流模式（TIEGCM）进行了比较，以解开与平流层变暖期间的四天中层潮汐波放大，极涡破裂和中层冷却相关的驱动程序。所需的数据分析和解释被带入研究生和本科生课堂作为特殊项目和新课程。空间物理学教育方面的特别推广活动包括白求恩-库克曼学院学生在研究中的合作。

Dynamical and thermal changes in the mesosphere driven by sudden stratospheric warming events are investigated using a ten-year database of ground-based spectroscopic data from the pole regions and satellite data from lower latitudes. The observations are compared with the Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Exosphere Global Circulation Model (TIEGCM) to untangle the drivers associated with amplification of the four-day mesospheric tidal wave, breakdown of the polar vortex, and mesospheric cooling during periods of stratospheric warming. The required data analysis and interpretation is brought into the graduate and undergraduate classrooms as special projects and as new classes. Special outreach in space physics education includes the collaboration of Bethune-Cookman College students in the research.