Global Climatology of Meridional Winds in the Thermosphere

9320449米勒这个奖项是为了继续发展和科学应用的方法，使中性风的分量沿着磁子午线可以从现有的地面测量的高度F2层。 通过将模拟的层高度与测量的高度进行比较，得出纬向风。 这种方法可以产生与其他方法（例如法布里-珀罗干涉测量法和非相干散射雷达）相当的结果，并且具有已经在全球范围内常规和系统地测量F2层高度的优点。 纬向风的强度和变率对于理解热层和电离层的能量学和组成是非常重要的。 它可能是热生光化学模型中最有影响力的自由参数。 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热层动力学的气候学描述，增加我们对纬向风的大小和变化的了解。 ***

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. ***