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| U06: | Connecting Atmospheric, Space, and Planetary Sciences to Accelerate Progress in Addressing Earth's Atmospheric and Oceanic Coupling and Climate Variability |
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Natalia Andronova University of Michigan USA natand@umich.edu Janet Kozyra University of Michigan USA jukozyra@umich.edu Luis Eduardo Vieira Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research Max-Planck-Str. 2 Katlenburg-Lindau, DEU +49 5556 979 324 vieira@mps.mpg.de |
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| Description: | This session provides a forum for bringing together atmospheric, space and planetary scientists to combine capabilities in data and model analysis in addressing long-standing controversies in investigating the role of the upper atmospheric processes on middle and lower atmospheres climate during the highest and lowest solar activity levels in recent times. While new observations and whole-atmosphere models suggest that the Earth's upper atmosphere is strongly coupled to the troposphere and oceans, it is not clear whether this coupling drives weather and climate variability at Earth. New ground and space based observations of the solar atmosphere, the heliosphere, and, planetary systems provide a unique opportunity to understand the response of planetary systems to solar drivers in a unified perspective. We invite papers that provide new information, data interpretation and insights on coupling pathways in both directions between the upper and lower planetary atmospheres. |