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Space and Planetary Sciences(P) Session Sub Category Solar-Terrestrial Sciences, Space Electromagnetism & Space Environment(EM) Session ID P-EM06 Title Mesosphere-Thermosphere-Ionosphere Coupling in the Earth's Atmosphere Short title MTI coupling Convener Name Huixin Liu Affiliation Earth and Planetary Science Division, Kyushu University SERC, Kyushu University Email huixin@serc.kyushu-u.ac.jp Co-convener 1. Name Yuichi Otsuka Affiliation Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University Email otsuka@stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp Co-convener 2. Name Libo Liu Affiliation Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Email liul@mail.igcas.ac.cn Co-convener 3. Name Atsuki Shinbori Affiliation Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH), Kyoto University Email shinbori@rish.kyoto-u.ac.jp International Symposium 'International Symposium' in addition to Scientific session. Language English Scope The whole atmosphere concept is the key for the next breakthrough in solar-terrestrial science. This international session focuses on physical/chemical processes occurring in the mesosphere, thermosphere, and ionosphere (MTI) from both the poles to the equatorial region. Both quiet and disturbed states in response to lower atmospheric forcing or solar forcing are important for understanding the MTI system and its coupling to other regions. We invite presentations of observations with ground-based and/or space-borne instruments, theoretical studies, numerical simulations, and development of data analysis systems for various kinds of atmospheric variations in the MTI system. Type of presentation Oral and Poster presentation Invited papers Dr.Dennis Riggin（University of Adelaide, USA） Dr.Larisa Goncharenko（MIT, USA） Dr.David Ortland（NorthWest Research Associates, USA） Dr.A. K. Patra（National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, India） Dr. Loren Chang (Nationa Central University, Taiwan)