Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016

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International Session (Oral)

Symbol P (Space and Planetary Sciences) » P-EM Solar-Terrestrial Sciences, Space Electromagnetism & Space Environment

[P-EM03] Mesosphere-Thermosphere-Ionosphere Coupling in the Earth's Atmosphere

Sun. May 22, 2016 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM A01 (APA HOTEL&RESORT TOKYO BAY MAKUHARI)

Convener:*Huixin Liu(Earth and Planetary Science Division, Kyushu University SERC, Kyushu University), Akinori Saito(Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University), Loren Chang(Institute of Space Science, National Central University), Atsuki Shinbori(Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH), Kyoto University), Chair:Akinori Saito(Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)

3:50 PM - 4:10 PM

[PEM03-17] A review on recent upper atmosphere atomic oxygen measurements

★Invited papers

*Martin Kaufmann1, Yajun Zhu2, Manfred Ern1, Martin Riese1 (1.Research Centre Julich, Institute for Energy and Climate Research, 2.Research Centre Julich and University of Wuppertal)

Keywords:atomic oxygen, mesosphere, thermosphere, coupling, energy balance

Atomic oxygen is a key player in upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere chemistry, energy balance, and vertical as well as global coupling. In recent years, a few new global datasets of this species have been presented. They are based on airglow measurements from low earth orbit satellites. Surprisingly, the atomic oxygen abundance differs by 30-50% for similar atmospheric conditions. This paper gives an overview on the various atomic oxygen datasets available so far and presents most recent results obtained from measurements of the SCIAMACHY instrument on Envisat. Differences between the datasets are discussed.