28 March 2025 | 08:30 - 10:00 (MDT)
Open Session - HYBRID
Room: UMC Third Floor - 382
Organisers: Michael Hartinger (Space Science Institute); Lynn Harvey (Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at CU-Boulder, USA; Federico Gasperini (Orion Space Solutions)
Session Description:
Space weather refers to the conditions on the Sun, in the solar wind, and within Earth's magnetosphere and upper atmosphere that affect the performance and reliability of both space-based and terrestrial technologies. There are numerous interactions between space weather and Earth’s neutral atmosphere, with conditions in the lower atmosphere influencing the upper atmosphere and ionosphere, and vice versa. These interactions have significant implications across various scientific disciplines. In the polar regions, the coupling processes between the magnetosphere, ionosphere, and atmosphere impact energetic particle precipitation, thermospheric and ionospheric variability, the polar vortex, polar ozone levels, tropospheric weather, and global climate models that incorporate electromagnetic and charged particle inputs.
Understanding these numerous interconnections and their impacts, particularly in the polar regions but also globally, requires coordinated discussions that bring together the space weather and atmospheric research communities. In this session we invite contributed talks that focus on connections between space weather and terrestrial weather/climate. Examples of topics include (but are not limited to):
- Polar atmospheric variability related to space weather, including the polar vortex, polar mesospheric clouds
- Connections between conditions in the troposphere/stratosphere and the upper atmosphere/ionosphere
- Impacts of climate change on space weather (e.g., future expectations for satellite drag and lifetimes of satellites in orbit, ionospheric scintillation and radio communications)
- Impacts of space weather on climate change
- Current and desired future state of atmosphere-ionosphere-magnetosphere models leading up to IPY5
- Opportunities for interdisciplinary collaborations via future ground-based observations, satellite missions, etc. leading up to IPY5