LPMR workshop 2017 (LPMR-2017)
Kühlungsborn, Germany, 18-22 September 2017
Monday, 18 September
08:00 - 08:30
Shuttle from hotels
08:00 - 09:00
Registration
Foyer
09:00 - 09:20
Welcome
09:20 - 10:20
Session: Observations of the MLT
Monday, 18 September - Conference room
Chair/s: Gerd Baumgarten
09:20
Simultaneous observations of Noctilucent Clouds and Mesospheric Summer Echoes at a mid-latitude site (Kühlungsborn/Germany, 54°N): Hints for advection of ice particles.
Michael Gerding, Marius Zecha, Kathrin Baumgarten, Franz-Josef Lübken
Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany
09:40
Constraints on meteoric smoke composition and meteoric influx using SOFIE observations with models
Mark Hervig1, John Plane2, James Brooke2, Charles Bardeen3, Wuhu Feng2
1Global Atmospheric Technology and Science, Driggs, United States, 2University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 3National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States
10:00
The MATS satellite mission - looking into the future in three dimensions
Ole Martin Christensen
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
10:20 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:20
Session: Ice microphysics
Monday, 18 September - Conference room
Chair/s: Mark Hervig
11:00
Lab experiments on the complex microphysics controlling PMC formation
Denis Duft1, Mario Nachbar2, Thomas Dresch2, Henrike Wilms3, Markus Rapp3, Thomas Leisner1, 2
1Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, 3German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Wessling, Germany
11:20
Implications of recent laboratory results for the formation of mesospheric ice particles
Henrike Wilms1, Denis Duft2, Mario Nachbar3, Markus Rapp1, Thomas Leisner2, 3
1Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, 2Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany, 3Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
11:40
On the impact of condensation nuclei characteristics on observable mesospheric ice properties
Linda Megner
MISU, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
12:00
Interpretation of longitudinal and local time variations in polar mesospheric clouds
Jia Yue1, Pingping Rong1, Ruth Lieberman2, Mark Hervig3, Jerry Lumpe5, Cora Randall4
1Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Hampton University, Hampton, United States, 2National Science Foundation, Arlington, United States, 3GATS Inc, Driggs, United States, 4University of Colorado, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Boulder, Boulder, United States, 5Computational Physics Inc, Boulder, United States
12:20 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 14:50
Session: Long period waves in NLC
Monday, 18 September - Conference room
Chair/s: Gerd Baumgarten
13:30
Signatures of the semidiurnal lunar tide in noctilucent clouds in AIM/SOFIE data
Christoph Hoffmann1, Christian von Savigny1, Mark Hervig2, Esther Oberbremer1
1Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany, 2GATS Inc., Driggs, United States
13:50
Solar and lunar tides in NLC data of the ALOMAR RMR-lidar
Jens Fiedler, Gerd Baumgarten, Franz-Josef Lübken
Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany
14:10
Planetary wave effects on Polar Mesospheric Clouds during the Northern Hemisphere 2014 season
Jeff France1, 2, Cora Randall2, 3, Ruth Lieberman1, V. Lynn Harvey2, 3, Dave Siskind4, Jerry Lumpe5
1GATS, Inc., Boulder, United States, 2University of Colorado, Boulder - LASP, Boulder, United States, 3University of Colorado, Boulder - ATOC, Boulder, United States, 4Space Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, United States, 5Computational Physics, Inc., Boulder, United States
14:30
The role of the winter residual circulation in the Northern Hemisphere summer mesopause in WACCM
Maartje Kuilman, Bodil Karlsson
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
14:50 - 15:30
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:50
Session: Posters 1
Monday, 18 September - Poster area
Chair/s:
Methods of retrieval of daytime O(3P) and O3 concentrations in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere
Valentine Yankovsky, Rada Manuilova
Saint-Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia
Development of a mobile Doppler lidar sytstem for wind and temperature measuements at 30-70km in China
Zhaoai Yan1, 2, Xiong Hu1, Wenjie Guo1, Shangyong Guo1, Yongqiang Cheng1
1National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2Universiy of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Study of the global nickel and aluminium layers in the upper atmosphere
Shane Daly1, Michael Gerding3, Juan C. M. Gómez Martín1, Josef Höffner3, Wuhu Feng1, 2, John M. C. Plane1
1School of Chemistry, University of Leeds,, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2NCAS, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 3Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany
A 3D-model for O2 airglow perturbations induced by gravity waves in the upper mesosphere
Anqi Li
Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Exploring the behavior of a mesospheric front using Odin tomographic data combined with CIPS PMC images
Lina Broman1, Susanne Benze1, Brentah Thurairajah2, Jörg Gumbel1
1Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, 2Center for Space Science and Engineering Research, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
The Structure of Ice in Polar Mesospheric Clouds
Thomas Mangan, John Plane, Ben Murray
University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
17:00 - 17:30
Shuttle to hotels
19:00 - 22:00
Opening ceremony
Tuesday, 19 September
08:15 - 08:45
Shuttle from hotels
09:00 - 10:20
Session: NLC / PMSE observations
Tuesday, 19 September - Conference room
Chair/s: Irina Strelnikova
09:00
PoSSUM Citizen Science Airborne Noctilucent Cloud Tomography
Jason Reimuller1, 2, Dave Fritts1, 2, Bjorn Kjellstrand3, Glenn Jones3, Michele Limon3
1Project PoSSUM, Inc., Boulder, Colorado, United States, 2G.A.T.S., Inc., Boulder, Colorado, United States, 3Columbia University, New York, New York, United States
09:20
Lidar temperature measurements during a rare mid-latitude noctilucent cloud event
Natalie Kaifler1, Bernd Kaifler1, Henrike Wilms1, Andreas Dörnbrack1, Gunter Stober2, Christoph Jacobi3
1Institute of Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Center, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, 2Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany, 3University of Leipzig, Institute for Meteorology, Leipzig, Germany
09:40
Validation of Low Latitude PMCs with OMPS NP and OMPS LP
Nick Gorkavyi
Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI), Lanham, United States
10:00
Enhancing PMSE spatio-temporal features with MIMO techniques using MAARSY
Juan M. Urco, Jorge L. Chau
Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kuehlungsborn, Germany
10:20 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:20
Session: Airglow and radiation
Tuesday, 19 September - Conference room
Chair/s: Timo Viehl
11:00
Laboratory Studies Offer New Insights for Mesospheric Nightglow
Konstantinos S. Kalogerakis, Daniel Matsiev
Center for Geospace Studies, SRI International, Menlo Park, California, United States
11:20
Influence of temporal and spatial variability in observations used to develop Multiple Ariglow Chemistry model on derived chemical heating rates
Olexandr Lednyts'kyy, Christian von Savigny
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
11:40
New non-LTE model of the nighttime OH and CO2 IR emissions in the mesopshere/lower thermosphere
Peter Panka1, 2, Alexander Kutepov2, Konstantinos Kalogerakis3, Artem Feofilov4, Ladislav Rezac5, Diego Janches2
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States, 2NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, 3Center for Geospace, Studies, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, United States, 4Laboratoire de Meterilogie Dynamique/IPSL/FX-Conseil, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Universite Pars-Saclay, Paris, France, 5Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany
12:20 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 14:10
Introduction to IAP and tour or walk
14:10 - 14:50
Session: Metal layers
Tuesday, 19 September - Conference room
Chair/s: Christian von Savigny
14:10
Recent results of the mobile IAP Fe lidar campaigns to Antarctica and the Arctic
Timo Viehl, Josef Höffner, Franz-Josef Lübken
Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kuehlungsborn, Germany
14:30
A three dimensional global atmospheric model of meteoric metal layers: An update
WUHU FENG1, 2, John Plane1, Shane Daly1, Juan Diego Carrillo-Sánchez1, Daniel Marsh3, Chester Gardner4
1School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2NCAS, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 3National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, 4Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States
14:50 - 15:30
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:50
Session: Metal Layers / MSP
Tuesday, 19 September - Conference room
Chair/s: Xinzhao Chu
15:30
Impact of Solar Proton Event (SPE) on mesospheric Na layer over Utah, Logan (42oN, 112oW)
TIKEMANI BAG
Postdoctoral Fellow,National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Gadanki, India, Gadanki, Chittoor District, India
15:50
Retrieval of MLT Na profiles from satellite Na D-line nightglow observations – testing the Chapman excitation mechanism
Christian von Savigny, Martin Langowski, Bianca Zilker
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
16:10
Characteristics of neutral and ionized layers in the E-region over Arecibo
Jens Lautenbach, Eframir Franco, Jonathan Friedman, Michael Sulzer, Shikha Raizada
Arecibo Observatory / SRI International Space & Atmospheric Sciences, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
16:30
On small scale mesospheric dust structures and secondary charging effects observed by the MAXIDUSTY payload
Tarjei Antonsen, Ove Havnes
University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
17:00 - 17:30
Shuttle to hotels
Wednesday, 20 September
08:15 - 08:45
Shuttle from hotels
09:00 - 10:20
Session: PMSE
Wednesday, 20 September - Conference room
Chair/s: Markus Rapp
09:00
PMSE spectral parameter estimation from aperture synthesis radar imaging experiments with MAARSY
Ralph Latteck, Jorge Chau, Miquel Urco, Toralf Renkwitz
Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany
09:20
Mean vertical wind in the summer polar mesosphere: Are radar measurements reliable?
Nikoloz Gudadze, Gunter Stober, Fazlul Laskar, Jorge L. Chau
Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany
09:40
On aspect sensitivity of Polar Mesospheric Summer Echoes – and its dependence on the measuring method
Cesar La Hoz1, Jorge Chau2, Henry Pinedo1
1UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway, 2Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany
10:00
Multi- VHF frequency, multi-angle and multi-location studies of polar mesospheric summer echoes using KAIRA and MAARSY
Jorge Chau1, Nikoloz Gudadze1, Derek McKay2, Juha Vierinen2, Thomas Ulich3, Ralph Latteck1
1Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kuhlungsborn, Germany, 2UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway, 3Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory, Sodankyla, Finland
10:20 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:20
Session: Gravity waves
Wednesday, 20 September - Conference room
Chair/s: Bodil Karlsson
11:00
Gravity wave coupling from the troposphere to the mesosphere: insights from a series of combined airborne and ground based field campaigns in both hemispheres
Markus Rapp, Andreas Dörnbrack, Bernd Kaifler, Natalie Kaifler
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
11:20
Small scale dynamics in the summer mesopause region as revealed by the vertical and horizontal structure of noctilucent clouds.
Baumgarten Gerd, Fiedler Jens, Lübken Franz-Josef, Stober Gunter
Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany
11:40
Small-scale gravity waves in the Alpine region observed in OH-airglow - comparison of measurements at Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, and Sonnblick, Austria
Patrick Hannawald1, René Sedlak1, Carsten Schmidt2, Sabine Wüst2, Michael Bittner1, 2
1University of Augsburg, Institute for Physics, Atmospheric Remote Sensing, Augsburg, Germany, 2German Aerospace Center, German Remote Sensing Data Center, Atmosphere, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
12:00
PMC-Turbo: a Balloon-Borne Mission to Image Gravity Waves and Turbulence in Polar Mesospheric Clouds
B. Kjellstrand1, D. Fritts2, A. Miller3, G. Jones1, B. Williams2, J. Reimuller2, C. Geach7, S. Hanany7, M. Limon6, B. Kaifler4, M. Taylor5
1Columbia University, New York, NY, United States, 2G.A.T.S., Inc., Boulder, CO, United States, 3University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 4Institute of Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Center, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, 5Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States, 6University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PN, United States, 7University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
12:20 - 13:20
Lunch
13:20 - 22:00
Excursion
Thursday, 21 September
08:15 - 08:45
Shuttle from hotels
09:00 - 10:20
Session: Trend
Thursday, 21 September - Conference room
Chair/s: Matthew DeLand
09:00
58 years of phase-height measurements – Long-term variability of the mesospheric temperature over Europe
Dieter H.W. Peters, Günter Entzian, Dieter Keuer, Jorge L. Chau
Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Ostseebad Kühlungsborn, Germany
09:20
On consistency of variability and long term trends in temperature, CO2 VMR, and Cooling-Heating rates derived from SABER/TIMED
Rezac Ladislav1, Paul Hartogh1, Jia Yue2, Yongxiao Jian2
1Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany, 2Center for Atmospheric Science, Hampton University, Hampton, United States
09:40
Long Term Airglow Variations by the Influences of CO2 Increase, Solar Cycle Variation, and Geomagnetic Activity
Tai-Yin Huang
Physics Department, Penn State University - Lehigh Valley, Center Valley, United States
10:00
Probability density distributions of PMCs
Uwe Berger, Gerd Baumgarten, Jens Fiedler, Franz-Josef Luebken
Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kuelungsborn, Germany
10:20 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:20
Session: Solar cycle and trend in PMC
Thursday, 21 September - Conference room
Chair/s: Mark Hervig
11:00
Solar Cycle Response in SBUV PMC Ice Water Content
Matthew DeLand1, Gary Thomas2
1Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI), Lanham, United States, 2Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, United States
11:20
Long-term H2O and CH4 variability in the Middle Atmosphere Observed by SOFIE on the AIM Satellite
Jia Yue1, James Russell1, Pingping Rong1, Mark Hervig2, Tom Marshall3
1Center for Atmospheric Research Hampton University, Hampton, United States, 2GATS, Inc, Driggs, United States, 3GATS, Inc, Newport News, United States
11:40
Long term evolution of mesospheric ice particles
Franz-Josef Lübken, Gerd Baumgarten, Uwe Berger
Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany
12:20 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 14:10
IAP tour or walk
14:10 - 14:50
Session: PMWE / PMC in the Arctic and Antarctic
Thursday, 21 September - Conference room
Chair/s: Franz-Josef Lübken
14:10
Characteristics of winter time mesosphere echoes over Syowa  and Davis in the Antarctic obtained using PANSY and MF radars
Masaki Tsutsumi1, kaoru Sato2, Toru Sato3, Damian Murphy4
1National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan, 2Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 3Department of Communications and Computer Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 4Australian Antarctic Division, Tasmania, Australia
14:30
Sounding rocket project PMWE
Boris Strelnikov1, Franz-Josef Lübken1, Ralph Latteck1, Jorge L. Chau1, Martin Friedrich2, Markus Rapp3, 4
1Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kuehlungsborn, Germany, 2Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria, 3Meteorologisches Institut München, Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München, Munich, Germany, 4Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
14:50 - 15:30
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:50
Session: Posters 2
Thursday, 21 September - Poster area
Chair/s:
Case studies of downward-propagating gravity waves observed with mesospheric lidars
Bernd Kaifler, Natalie Kaifler, Markus Rapp
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Center, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Project PoSSUM: Aeronomy Citizen Science, Education and Public Outreach
Jason Reimuller1, 2, Gary Thomas3, Dave Fritts1, 2, Zoltan Sternovsky3, Mike Taylor4, Gerd Baumgarten5
1Project PoSSUM, Inc., Boulder, Colorado, United States, 2G.A.T.S., Inc., Boulder, Colorado, United States, 3Laboratory for Atmosphere and Space Physics, Boulder, Colorado, United States, 4Utah State University, Provo, Utah, United States, 5Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany
MICE-TRAPS: Nanoparticles as a sensitive probe for studying the properties of atmospheric vapors
Denis Duft1, Mario Nachbar2, Thomas Dresch2, Thomas Leisner1, 2
1Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
MF radar technique for investigating the long-term dynamics and structure of the mesopause over Langfang, China
Cunying Xiao1, Xiong Hu1, Junfeng Yang1, Xuan Cheng1, 2, Qingchen Xu1
1National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Multi-Year Survey of Persistent Gravity Wave Parameters in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere at McMurdo (77.8°S, 166.7°E), Antarctica
Ian Geraghty, Xinzhao Chu, Jian Zhao, Cao Chen
University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
Seven years (2010-2017) of lidar observations of polar mesospheric clouds at Arrival Heights (77.8ºS, 166.7ºE) in Antarctica
Mattia Astarita, Xinzhao Chu, Jian Zhao
University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
17:00 - 17:30
Shuttle to hotels
Friday, 22 September
08:15 - 08:45
Shuttle from hotels
09:00 - 10:20
Session: Mesospheric temperatures and inversion layers
Friday, 22 September - Conference room
Chair/s: Boris Strelnikov
09:00
A comparison of mesospheric temperatures derived during the WADIS 2 campaign
Raimund Wörl1, Josef Höffner1, Boris Strelnikov1, Franz-Josef Lübken1, Michael J. Taylor2, Bifford P. Williams3
1Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany, 2Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States, 3GATS Inc., Boulder, Colorado, United States
09:20
Modeling Mesospheric Inversion Layers: Role of entropically consistent turbulence parameterization
Almut Gassmann
Institute of Atmospheric Physics Kühlungsborn, Kühlungsborn, Germany
09:40
Dynamics of Gravity Waves Encountering a Mesosphere Inversion Layer
Ling Wang1, David Fritts1, Brian Laughman1, Thomas Lund2
1GATS, Inc., Boulder, United States, 2NorthWest Research Associates, CoRA Division, Boulder, United States
10:00
Causative Mechanisms of Tropical (10°N-15°N) Mesospheric Inversion Layers: Dynamics Vs Chemistry
Karanam Ramesh1, Sundararajan Sridharan1, Sarangam Vijaya Bhaskara Rao2
1National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL), Gadanki, India, 2Department of Physics, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India
10:20 - 10:30
Farewell
Conference room
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:15 - 12:15
Bus transfer to Rostock railway station
11:30 - 12:30
Lunch