 Yuki Harada |  Rumi Nakamura |  Yiqun Yu |
Solar wind, magnetosphere, and ionosphere coupling
Focus Area 2 will address the topic of cross-scale coupling of the solar wind with the magnetosphere and ionosphere mainly at Earth, but also at other planets and moons where solar wind coupling with intrinsic and induced magnetospheres or with surfaces is relevant. Open questions include the following: How is the magnetosphere coupled with the solar wind through cross-scale coupling processes? How do magnetospheric disturbances develop through cross-scale coupling processes? How is the magnetosphere coupled with the ionosphere and atmosphere at various scales? How does cross-scale coupling with the solar wind and ionosphere/surface vary at magnetised/unmagnetised bodies throughout our solar system?
The working group topics for Focus Area 2 are shown in the following table. Please contact the working group leaders for more information.
| Working Group Topic | Leader | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-Observatory for Solar Activity and Interplanetary Coordination (MOSAIC) | Lengying Khoo | Princeton University, USA | lykhoo@princeton.edu |
| Precipitation of Energetic Particles from Magnetosphere and Their Effects on the Atmosphere | Dedong Wang | GFZ, Germany | dedong@gfz.de |