| Session Details | |
| Section | ST - Solar & Terrestrial Sciences |
| Session Title | Atmospheric Coupling Processes in the Sun-Earth System |
| Main Convener | Dr. Duggirala Pallamraju (Physical Research Laboratory, India) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Charles Lin (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan) Dr. Gang Lu (National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States) |
| Session Description | The Earth’s atmospheric regions are intricately coupled to one another via various dynamical, chemical, and electrodynamical processes. However, the manner in which the couplings take place due to varying energy inputs from the Sun and from the lower atmosphere is a question that is yet to be understood. The time scale of energy inputs varies from hours to days (e.g., Space Weather), to months (e.g., seasons), to years (Solar cycles). In recent years, research on interactions of the Sun-Earth system has grown manifolds but a systematic characterization of the coupling processes as well as their causal relationship are still lacking. The coupled effects can be in terms of the modulation of the waves from low- to high-altitudes, electrodynamical and compositional changes, and plasma irregularities at different latitudinal regions of the globe due to the varying energy inputs. This session solicits papers dealing with experiments, observations, modeling, and data analysis that describe the effects of atmospheric coupling processes within the Sun-Earth System. Recent results from the campaigns of Climate And Weather of the Sun-Earth System (CAWSES) program are particularly welcome. |