Observations and Analysis of Upper Atmosphere (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Upper Atmosphere".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 24
Special Issue Editor
Interests: sporadic sodium layer (NaS); sporadic E layer (ES); polar mesospheric cloud (PMC); lidar/radar observations; global circuit; space weather
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, belonging to the Upper Atmosphere Section, is the second volume of "Observations and Analysis of Upper Atmosphere", which was published in Atmosphere at the start of 2025 and can be found at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere/special_issues/W7X3YPTW62.
The upper atmosphere is the layer where matter and energy exchange between the lower atmosphere and outer space takes place. It is affected by disturbances from interstellar space and influenced by the lower atmosphere, with a variety of possible coupling processes. For example, solar flares, coronal mass ejection (CME), energetic particle precipitation (EPP), and galactic cosmic ray (GCR) may cause significant disturbances to the middle and upper atmosphere. In addition, various disturbances in the surface and lower atmosphere, such as lightning, volcanoes, earthquakes, and typhoons, etc., may also have an impact on the upper atmosphere. Therefore, it is a great challenge to investigate these coupled multi-layer processes through combined ground- and air-based observations.
Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
Mesospheric layering phenomena;
Stratospheric sudden warming (SSW);
Gravity waves in the middle and upper atmosphere;
Lidar/radar observations;
Interaction between ionosphere and upper atmosphere;
Coupling between the lower and upper atmosphere;
Solar modulations in the middle and upper atmosphere.
Dr. Shican Qiu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- radar
- lidar
- SSW
- GW
- upper atmosphere
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