Long-term geospace climate monitoring

Zhang, Shun-Rong; Cnossen, Ingrid ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6469-7861; Laštovička, Jan; Elias, Ana G.; Yue, Xinan; Jacobi, Christoph; Yue, Jia; Wang, Wenbin; Qian, Liyang; Goncharenko, Larisa. 2023 Long-term geospace climate monitoring. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 10, 1139230. 5, pp. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2023.1139230

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Abstract/Summary

Climate change is characterized by global surface warming associated with the increase of greenhouse gas population since the start of the industrial era. Growing evidence shows that the upper atmosphere is experiencing appreciable cooling over the last several decades. The seminal modeling study by Roble and Dickinson (1989) suggested potential effects of increased greenhouse gases on the ionosphere and thermosphere cooling which appear consistent with some observations. However, several outstanding issues remain regarding the role of CO2, other important contributors, and impacts of the cooling trend in the ionosphere and thermosphere: for example, (1) what is the regional variability of the trends? (2) the very strong ionospheric cooling observed by multiple incoherent scatter radars that does not fit with the prevailing theory based on the argument of anthropogenic greenhouse gas increases, why? (3) what is the effect of secular changes in Earth’s main magnetic field? Is it visible now in the ionospheric data and can it explain some of the regional variability in the observed ionospheric trends? (4) what is the impact of long-term cooling in the thermosphere on operational systems? (5) what are the appropriate strategic plans to ensure the long-term monitoring of the critical space climate?

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2023.1139230
Additional Keywords:	Long-term trends, climate, Ionosphere, thermosphere, Geospace, Observation
Date made live:	13 Feb 2023 12:08 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533857

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2023.1139230

Additional Keywords:

Long-term trends, climate, Ionosphere, thermosphere, Geospace, Observation

Date made live:

13 Feb 2023 12:08 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533857