Realistice Thermospheric Simulation for ETS-GITCAD Campaign, September 1984

这是对一位新的NSF首席调查员的奖励。该奖项是对涉及非相干散射雷达和光学干涉仪的综合数据集的研究，以便调查全球热层环流从一个至日(6月)到另一个至日(12月)的变化。这些变化对温度和热层组成的季节变化具有重要意义。作为NCAR(国家大气研究中心)的访问科学家，PI领导了对活动的分析。这一奖项将允许他在洛厄尔大学继续努力。这项研究已经成为在开发模型和携手理解地球物理的迭代过程中一种新的哲学的展示案例。许多工作都是由TGCM(热层全球环流模型)的建模工作推动的，无论是在开发模型方面还是在理解数据中的特征方面。这项继续的工作将研究选定的活动间隔，以使用温度和密度数据验证NCAR-TCGM模式，分析TCGM模拟，以调查在选定时期观测到的风、温度和密度特征，并模拟特定时期的热层特性。7/11/89

This is an award to a new NSF principle investigator. The award is for the study of a comprehensive data set involving incoherent scatter radars and optical interferometers in order to investigate the changes in global thermospheric circulation from one solstice (June) to another (December). These changes have important implications for seasonal changes of temperature and composition of the thermosphere. The PI has led the analysis of the campaign activity as a Visiting Scientist at NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research). This award will allow the continuation of his effort at the University of Lowell. This study has become a show case for a new philosophy in the iterative process of developing models and geophysical understanding hand-in-hand. Much of the work has been driven by the TGCM (Thermosphere Global Circulation Model) modelling effort, both in developing the model and understanding the features in the data. This continued work will study selected campaign intervals to verify the NCAR-TCGM model using temperature and density data, analyze the TCGM simulations to investigate wind, temperature and density features observed during the selected periods, and simulate the properties of the thermosphere for a specific period. 7/11/89