2024 Workshop: Future coordinated space- and ground-based ITM observations
Guiping Liu
Bea Gallardo-Lacourt
Scott England
Oluwafisayo Owolabi
(Will be merged with "A Systematic Perspective of Geospace Dynamics through Modeling and Observations")
We call for community input and discussions: 1) How to best leverage existing ground- and space-based observations to maximize science return for the ionosphere, thermosphere, and mesosphere (ITM) research; 2) What insights have we gained to develop a future long-range plan of a coordinated observing system of ITM from both space and ground? Presentations on current and upcoming observations and campaigns, data analyses, data and model validations, and OSSE experiments are all invited.
The ionosphere-thermosphere-mesosphere (ITM) is a highly dynamical region but remains poorly understood due to lack of sufficient observations. Developing an advanced observing system including coordinated ground- and space-based observations is thus crucial to improve our understanding of the ITM. This session invites presentations to stimulate future long-range plans of the complete ITM observing system. We specifically invite discussions on organizing campaigns and experiments in support of international and interagency efforts such as International Polar Year (IPY 5) in 2032.