Observing and Modelling Ionosphere and Thermosphere Using In Situ and Remote Sensing Techniques

Dear Colleagues,

The ionosphere and the thermosphere are parts of a physically coupled system ranging from the Earth surface to the Sun. Understanding the ionosphere–thermosphere system requires (1) monitoring the upper atmosphere by a multitude of remote sensing satellite missions and (2) further developing mathematical techniques and tools. The goal will be to represent the spatial and temporal variations of ionospheric and thermospheric key parameters, such as the plasma density and temperature, the height of the F2 peak, the total electron content (TEC), etc., as well as the thermospheric neutral density (TND) and wind.

This Special Issue will address recent progress, current understanding, and future challenges of thermospheric and ionospheric research, including, in particular, the coupling processes. Special emphasis is laid on the modelling and forecasting of space weather time series, e.g., extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and X-ray radiations, coronal mass ejections (CME) or co-rotating interaction region (CIR) driven geomagnetic storms, and their impact on various parameters of the ionosphere-thermosphere system. Therefore, investigations concerning ground-based precise point positioning (PPP), and precise orbit determination (POD) for Low-Earth-orbiting (LEO) satellites, current and future missions that can be used to monitor the thermosphere and ionosphere, and space-weather effect studies can be presented. We encourage further contributions to the dynamo electric field, the variations of neutral and ion compositions on the bottom and top side of the ionosphere, and atmospheric gravity waves and tides. Furthermore, we invite contributions on the wind dynamo, electrodynamics, and disturbances, including plasma drift, equatorial spread F (plasma bubbles), and resultant scintillation.

Prof. Ehsan Forootan
Prof. Michael Schmidt
Assoc. Prof. Benedikt S Soja
Dr. Chao Xiong
Assoc. Prof. Saeed Farzaneh
Guest Editors

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