Primary Convener:
Phillip Anderson, University of Texas at Dallas

Convener:
Douglas Rowland, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jeffrey Thayer, University of Colorado Boulder
Eftyhia Zesta, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Chair:
Douglas Rowland, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jeffrey Thayer, University of Colorado Boulder

It is becoming increasingly obvious that multi-satellite constellations are needed to take the next step in understanding the near-Earth environment and associated disturbances. Satellite constellations can separate the spatial and temporal features of space plasmas and neutrals at diverse spatial and temporal scales. Results from the AMPERE, Swarm, and ST5 constellations have provided insight on the spatiotemporal characteristics of field-aligned currents. DMSP has provided a multi-decade dataset of measurements of ionospheric properties, and current and upcoming missions including EZIE and TRACERS are expected to provide new datasets for focused electrodynamics problems. GDC is the first planned constellation providing simultaneous measurements of auroral/ionospheric and thermospheric characteristics and studies using both real and simulated data from multi-satellite constellations will offer useful information for planning. We invite presentations on this subject using observations from existing/former satellite constellations, modeling, and ground-based observatories covering the auroral ionosphere including connections to the magnetosphere and neutral atmosphere

Index Terms
3369 Thermospheric dynamics
2407 Auroral ionosphere
2427 Ionosphere|atmosphere interactions
2437 Ionospheric dynamics

Neighborhoods:
4. Beyond Earth

Cross-Listed:
SM - SPA-Magnetospheric Physics