2019 Workshop: Atmosphere vertical coupling

We want to discuss in this workshop the dynamical coupling processes between the troposphere, mesosphere, and the thermosphere-ionosphere systems. We want to understand how Extreme Weather Events, namely, sources of highly energetic waves, affect the upper levels, mainly the Thermosphere/Ionosphere system via MSTID observations. These waves are detected frequently on the mesosphere and thermosphere via imagery of the airglow layers, incoherent scattering radars to sense the ionosphere plasma electron density and temperature, VLF receivers sensing the plasma at D region altitudes, and GPS receivers via the total electron content measurements. Waves impose dynamical variability in a wide range of scales, perturb densities in the MLT and upper thermosphere modulating the atmospheric fields in the D, E, and F region as well. This workshop will emphasize state-of-the-art investigations of atmospheric weather-related processes that enable or indicate coupling within the atmosphere layers. It will be composed of short presentations (~10 minutes). We welcome presentations on methodologies, including theory, modeling, observation, and experiment.