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<p>List of Contributors vii</p> <p>Preface xi</p> <p><b>Part I Energetics and Dynamics of the Upper Atmosphere</b></p> <p>1 Joule Heating in the Thermosphere<br /><i>Arthur D. Richmond</i> 3</p> <p>2 Momentum and Energy Budgets in the High-Latitude Lower Thermospheric Wind System<br /><i>Young-Sil Kwak and Arthur D. Richmond</i> 19</p> <p>3 Upper Thermospheric Winds: Forcing, Variability, and Effects<br /><i>Wenbin Wang, Alan G. Burns, and Jing Liu</i> 41</p> <p>4 Influence of Nonhydrostatic Processes on the Ionosphere-Thermosphere<br /><i>Yue Deng, Cissi Y. Lin, Qingyu Zhu, and Cheng Sheng</i> 65</p> <p>5 The Middle- and Low-Latitude Neutral Wind Dynamo<br /><i>Astrid Maute</i> 79</p> <p><b>Part II Upper Atmospheric Composition</b></p> <p>6 Neutral Composition in the Upper Atmosphere<br /><i>Alan G. Burns, Wenbin Wang, and Liying Qian</i> 107</p> <p>7 Storm-Time Neutral Composition Changes in the Upper Atmosphere<br /><i>Yongliang Zhang and Larry J. Paxton</i> 115</p> <p>8 Neutral Hydrogen in the Terrestrial Thermosphere and Exosphere: A Ground-Based Perspective<br /><i>Edwin Mierkiewicz</i> 135</p> <p><b>Part III Low and Upper Atmosphere Coupling Through Waves</b></p> <p>9 Atmosphere-Ionosphere (A-I) Coupling by Solar and Lunar Tides<br /><i>Jeffrey M. Forbes</i> 159</p> <p>10 Planetary Waves and Their Impact on the Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Ionosphere<br /><i>Jia Yue, Ruth Lieberman, and Loren C. Chang</i> 183</p> <p>11 Longitudinal Variation in the Mass Density of the Thermosphere: A GAIA Simulation<br /><i>Yasunobu Miyoshi</i> 217</p> <p><b>Part IV Upper Atmosphere Structure and Variability</b></p> <p>12 Equatorial Thermosphere Anomaly<br /><i>Jiuhou Lei</i> 229</p> <p>13 Structured Storm-Time Polar Ionosphere and Its Drivers: A Review<br /><i>Jing Liu, Wenbin Wang, Alan G. Burns, and Qinghe Zhang</i> 239</p> <p>14 Solar Flare Effects on the Thermosphere and Ionosphere<br /><i>Liying Qian and Thomas N. Woods</i> 253</p> <p>15 Day-to-Day Variability of the Thermosphere and Ionosphere<br /><i>Huixin Liu, Yosuke Yamazaki, and Jiuhou Lei</i> 275</p> <p>16 Response of the Ionosphere to Varying Solar Fluxes<br /><i>Libo Liu, Yiding Chen, and Huijun Le</i> 301</p> <p>17 Long-Term Trends in the Upper Atmosphere<br /><i>Jan Lastovicka</i> 325</p> <p><b>Part V Upper Atmosphere Data Assimilation</b></p> <p>18 Inference of Hidden States by Coupled Thermosphere-Ionosphere Data Assimilation: Applications to Observability and Predictability of Neutral Mass Density<br /><i>Tomoko Matsuo and Chih-Ting Hsu</i> 345</p> <p><b>Part VI Upper Atmosphere Observations</b></p> <p>19 The Ground-Based Airglow Imager Network in China: Recent Observational Results<br /><i>Jiyao Xu, Qinzeng Li, Longchang Sun, Xiao Liu, Wei Yuan, Wenbin Wang, Jia Yue, Shunrong Zhang, Weijun Liu, Guoying Jiang, Kun Wu, Hong Gao, and Chang Lai</i> 367</p> <p>20 MLT Science Enabled by Atmospheric Lidars<br /><i>Chiao-Yao She, Alan Z. Liu, Tao Yuan, Jia Yue, Tao Li, Chao Ban, and Jonathan S. Friedman</i> 395</p> <p>21 Remote Sensing of Magnetic Fields Induced by Electrojets From Space: Measurement Techniques and Sensor Design<br /><i>Jeng-Hwa Yee, Jesper Gjerloev, and Dong Wu</i> 451</p> <p>22 Remote Sensing of Global Lower Thermospheric Winds: Sensing Techniques and Sensor Design<br /><i>Jeng-Hwa Yee, Imran Mehdi, Darren Hayton, Jose Siles, and Dong Wu</i> 469</p> <p>23 Exploring the Upper Atmosphere: Using Optical Remote Sensing<br /><i>Larry J. Paxton, Yongliang Zhang, Hyosub Kil, and Robert K. Schaefer</i> 487</p> <p>Index 523</p>

<p><b>Wenbin Wang</b>, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA.</p> <p><b>Yongliang Zhang</b>, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, USA.</p>

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