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An analytic formulation for heating source memory in the thermospheric compositionNumerical calculations from a spectral circulation model are utilized to construct an analytic Green's function formulation describing the meridional, time-dependent thermospheric composition and temperature response during magnetic storms. The purpose is to develop a formulation that embodies source memory while being sufficiently simple to serve as a heuristic guide for empirical modeling. By passing from the discrete Fourier series representation, utilized for the numerical circulation model, to a continuous Fourier integral representation, explicit waves are obtained for the thermospheric response times. The response times are altitude and species dependent and can exceed two days below 200 km. Thus, for certain storm scenarios, pronounced source memory signatures for the composition and temperature are predicted. Response times obtained from the formulation are shown to give a response consistent with previously published neutral composition data from AE-C for the February 1974 storm when an ap dependent heat source is employed.
Document ID
19810050975
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Porter, H. S.
(Furman University Greenville, S.C., United States)
Mayr, H. G.
(Furman Univ. Greenville, SC, United States)
Hedin, A. E.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Planetary Atmospheres, Greenbelt, Md., United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1981
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 86
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
81A35379
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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