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Merkel, Aimee W

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Research Associate, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP)

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selected publications

chapter
- Observations of Mercury's Exosphere: Composition and Structure. 371-406. 2018
conference proceeding
- Adapting Software, Hardware, and Programming Support in a Virtual Environment for the Boulder Solar Alliance Research Experience for Undergraduates Program 2022
- Large ice particles associated with small ice water content observed by AIM CIPS imagery of polar mesospheric clouds: Evidence for microphysical coupling with small-scale dynamics. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar: Terrestrial Physics. 97-105. 2015
- The cloud imaging and particle size experiment on the Aeronomy of Ice in the mesosphere mission: Instrument concept, design, calibration, and on-orbit performance. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar: Terrestrial Physics. 340-355. 2007
- Science instrumentation for the student nitric oxide explorer. Proceedings of SPIE. 264-273. 1996
journal article
- Importance of satellite constellations to measure global ionosphere- thermosphere-mesosphere composition, temperature and winds 2023
- Measurements of the mean structure, temperature, and circulation of the MLT 2023
- Detection of Large Exospheric Enhancements at Mercury due to Meteoroid Impacts. The Planetary Science Journal. 2021
- The Missing Solar Cycle Response of the Polar Summer Mesosphere. Geophysical Research Letters. 10132-10139. 2019
- Understanding the Effects of Polar Mesospheric Clouds on the Environment of the Upper Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 11705-11719. 2018
- Evidence Connecting Mercury's Magnesium Exosphere to Its Magnesium-Rich Surface Terrane. Geophysical Research Letters. 6790-6797. 2018
- Seasonal variations of Mercury's magnesium dayside exosphere from MESSENGER observations. Icarus. 46-54. 2017
- New discoveries from MESSENGER and insights into Mercury's exosphere. Geophysical Research Letters. 11545-11551. 2016
- New discoveries from MESSENGER and insights into Mercury's exosphere. Geophysical Research Letters. 11545-11551. 2016
- A cold-pole enhancement in Mercury's sodium exosphere. Geophysical Research Letters. 11121-11128. 2016
- Mercury's seasonal sodium exosphere: MESSENGER orbital observations. Icarus. 547-559. 2015
- Seasonal variations in Mercury's dayside calcium exosphere. Icarus. 51-58. 2014
- Retrieval of polar mesospheric cloud properties from CIPS: Algorithm description, error analysis and cloud detection sensitivity. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar: Terrestrial Physics. 167-196. 2013
- Effect of trends of middle atmosphere gases on the mesosphere and thermosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 3846-3855. 2013
- Solar wind forcing at Mercury: WSA-ENLIL model results. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 45-57. 2013
- Modeling MESSENGER observations of calcium in Mercury's exosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 2012
- Atmospheric gravity wave effects on polar mesospheric clouds: A comparison of numerical simulations from CARMA 2D with AIM observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2012
- On the horizontal and temporal structure of noctilucent clouds as observed by satellite and lidar at ALOMAR (69N). Geophysical Research Letters. 2012
- Evaluation of AIM CIPS measurements of Polar Mesospheric Clouds by comparison with SBUV data. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar: Terrestrial Physics. 2065-2072. 2011
- The impact of solar spectral irradiance variability on middle atmospheric ozone. Geophysical Research Letters. 2011
- Polar mesospheric cloud structures observed from the cloud imaging and particle size experiment on the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere spacecraft: Atmospheric gravity waves as drivers for longitudinal variability in polar mesospheric cloud occurrence. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2010
- Numerical simulations of the three-dimensional distribution of polar mesospheric clouds and comparisons with Cloud Imaging and Particle Size (CIPS) experiment and the Solar Occultation For Ice Experiment (SOFIE) observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2010
- Comparison of polar mesospheric cloud measurements from the Cloud Imaging and Particle Size experiment and the solar backscatter ultraviolet instrument in 2007. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar: Terrestrial Physics. 365-372. 2009
- Mesospheric planetary wave effects on global PMC variability inferred from AIM-CIPS and TIMED-SABER for the northern summer 2007 PMC season. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar: Terrestrial Physics. 381-391. 2009
- Phase functions of polar mesospheric cloud ice as observed by the CIPS instrument on the AIM satellite. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar: Terrestrial Physics. 373-380. 2009
- Special issue on global perspectives on the aeronomy of the summer mesopause region. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar: Terrestrial Physics. 285-288. 2009
- The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission: Overview and early science results. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar: Terrestrial Physics. 289-299. 2009
- The cloud imaging and particle size experiment on the aeronomy of ice in the mesosphere mission: Cloud morphology for the northern 2007 season. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar: Terrestrial Physics. 356-364. 2009
- On the relationship of polar mesospheric cloud ice water content, particle radius and mesospheric temperature and its use in multi-dimensional models. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 8889-8901. 2009
- Observational studies of planetary waves in PMCs and mesospheric temperature measured by SNOE and SABER. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2008
- Seasonal-latitudinal variations of PMC particle size from SME measurements for the northern 1983 season and SNOE measurements for the northern 2000 and southern 2000/2001 seasons. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar: Terrestrial Physics. 71-88. 2008
- Hemispheric differences in polar mesospheric cloud morphology observed by the student nitric oxide explorer. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar: Terrestrial Physics. 1407-1418. 2007
- Observations of Polar Mesospheric Clouds by the student nitric oxide explorer. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2005
- Observations of the 5-day planetary wave in PMC measurements from the Student Nitric Oxide Explorer Satellite. Geophysical Research Letters. 2003
- Altitude determination of ultraviolet measurements made by the Student Nitric Oxide Explorer. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 30283-30290. 2001
- EVALUATION OF THE RATE-CONSTANT FOR THE SN2 REACTION CH3F+H--]CH4+F- IN THE GAS-PHASE. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 8355-8359. 1988

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