Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019

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[E] Poster

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

[P-EM09] Vertical coupling in the atmosphere and Ionosphere

Wed. May 29, 2019 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Poster Hall (International Exhibition Hall8, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Huixin Liu(Earth and Planetary Science Division, Kyushu University SERC, Kyushu University), Loren Chang(Institute of Space Science, National Central University), Yuichi Otsuka(Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University)

[PEM09-P01] Local-time Variabilities of SABER CO2 in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere Region

*Cornelius Csar Jude Salinas1, Loren Chang1, Danie Liang2, Jia Yue3, Liying Qian4, Quan Gan5, James Russel III3, Martin G Mlynczak6 (1.Institute of Space Science, National Central University, 2.Institute of Earth Science, Academia Sinica, 3.Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Hampton University, 4.High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 5.Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, 6.NASA Langley Research Center)

Keywords:Carbon Dioxide, Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere Region, Tides

This work presents the local-time variabilities of CO2 in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere region (MLT region) as observed by the Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) onboard the Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics Satellite (TIMED Satellite). These are then compared to CO2 as modeled by the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model – eXtended (WACCM-X). Also using WACCM-X, a tendency analysis using the continuity equation is done to explain the local-time variabilities of CO2 in the MLT region. Finally, consequences of including a significant local-time variability in CO2 when retrieving SABER temperature profiles are determined.