Interdisciplinary Sessions
[IW] Whole atmosphere
Scope: Earth's lower, middle, and upper atmosphere interact with one another through various kinds of vertical coupling processes induced by waves, physical and chemical processes, and energy input from the sun and magnetosphere. The viewpoints of both aeronomy and meteorology, and related interdisciplinary studies are essential to understanding a wide altitude region from the troposphere to the thermosphere comprehensively as "whole atmosphere". This session provides an opportunity to present and discuss observational, theoretical, and modeling studies focusing on a variety of phenomena in each layer or across multiple layers of the earth's atmosphere.
Conveners: Masaki Tsutsumi, Mitsumu K. Ejiri, and Takanori Nishiyama (NIPR)