CAREER: Mesospheric Dynamics during Stratospheric Warming Events

利用来自极地地区的地面光谱数据和来自较低纬度的卫星数据的十年数据库，研究了由平流层突然变暖事件驱动的中间层的动力和热变化。这些观测结果与热层-电离层-外圈全球环流模式(TIEGCM)进行了比较，以解开与平流层变暖期间四天中层潮汐波放大、极涡破裂和中层冷却有关的驱动因素。所需的数据分析和解释将作为特别项目和新课程带入研究生和本科生的课堂。空间物理教育的特别宣传包括白求恩-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.