Open AccessForeword [to special section on Remote Sensing of the Low‐ and Middle‐Latitude Thermosphere and Ionosphere From the Ground and From Space]
Author(s) -
Dymond Kenneth F.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: space physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.67
H-Index - 298
eISSN - 2156-2202
pISSN - 0148-0227
DOI - 10.1029/2001ja001100
Subject(s) - thermosphere , ionosphere , middle latitudes , earth's magnetic field , geophysics , atmospheric sciences , latitude , forcing (mathematics) , ionospheric heater , physics , satellite , space weather , geology , astronomy , magnetic field , quantum mechanics
The low and midlatitude thermosphere and ionosphere constitute a tightly coupled dynamic region of the near‐Earth environment. This region exhibits strong and complex coupling between charged and neutral species, between different altitudes, and between equatorial and nonequatorial latitudes. The ion and neutral composition and temperature are affected by dynamics, electric and magnetic fields, photochemistry, and geomagnetic and solar forcing. This special section focuses on this region and the remote sensing techniques that are providing the measurements needed to better understand this complex region of the near‐Earth space environment.