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Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling and Space Weather Science Lab
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A lab that explores space weather through the vertical coupling of the atmosphere.
AboutAbout the lab
Reading space weather through the upper atmosphere
The Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling and Space Weather Science Lab studies phenomena in the upper atmosphere, roughly 80 to 1,000 km above the ground.
This region is where the International Space Station, satellites, and rockets fly, and it serves as the gateway to space.
Disturbances in the ionosphere and thermosphere can strongly affect radio communications, GPS, and satellite orbit control and lifetime, so they are central to space weather research.
Using observations and simulations, the lab investigates influences from the Sun, influences from meteorological phenomena, and the coupling between plasma and the neutral atmosphere.
Key terms
- Space weather
- A research field that deals with phenomena in the chain of processes from the Sun to Earth, and their effects on communications and satellites
- Ionosphere and thermosphere
- Regions within the upper atmosphere, roughly 80 to 1,000 km above the ground. This is the altitude where satellites and rockets fly
- Whole atmosphere model
- A numerical simulation model that treats the atmosphere as one continuous system, from near the ground to the upper atmosphere
NewsLab news
A paper by the lab's professor and a master's student on the relationship between the polar vortex and the sporadic E layer was published in Geophysical Research Letters
Kyushu University issued a press release on research showing that increasing CO2 strengthens the sporadic E layer
A paper from joint research with NCAR was published, showing that increasing CO2 will intensify the effects of future geomagnetic storms
Kyushu University issued a press release on a paper showing that large geomagnetic storms strengthen the sporadic E layer
A paper was published on estimating the drift velocity of equatorial plasma bubbles using machine learning
ResearchResearch themes
The upper atmosphere, roughly 80 to 1,000 km above the ground, is the gateway to space where satellites and rockets fly. The lab investigates the disturbances that the Sun and weather near the ground cause in this region, using ground-based and satellite observations and numerical simulations.
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MembersFaculty
- ProfessorHuixin Liu
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Aurora Borealis In North Texas (4)” Rollingskyphoto / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Three coupling processes in the upper atmosphere: “NASA's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Atmospheric Fluid Dynamics Lab): “PSM V53 D324 General circulation of atmosphere” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Atmospheric Fluid Modeling Lab): “UARS 1” NASA/GSFC / Public domain (cropped)
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