SM43A:
Recent Observational Findings and Modeling Efforts to Understand Small-Scale Magnetospheric Energy Input and Its Impact on the IT System I
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Session ID#: 61062
Session Description:
The small-scale features observed in the ionosphere and thermosphere (for example, soft electron precipitation near the cusp and hot spots in the polar caps) suggest that the magnetospheric energy input and its deposition can be very localized. With recent addition of space observations (ex. ePOP and SWARM), their detailed features and physics mechanisms are about to be unveiled. On the other hand, modeling communities have not yet fully addressed such local phenomena. The empirical models (ex. Ovation-prime and Weimer) smooth out such features during their averaging process. Global MHD models (ex. OpenGGCM, CMIT, and SWMF) have limitation due to its conducting fluid approach. Recently, new modeling methods emerge to address those missing physics, for instance coupling a kinetic electron transport model with the inner magnetosphere model. This session invites recent findings in the observations and current theoretical/modeling efforts to address the small-scale features in the MIT system.
Primary Convener: Hyunju KIM Connor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Conveners: Binzheng Zhang, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States and Gang Lu, National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Liaison: Hyunju KIM Connor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Chairs: Hyunju KIM Connor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Binzheng Zhang, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States
OSPA Liaison: Hyunju KIM Connor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
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Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Yiqun Yu, Beihang University, Beijing, China, Keisuke Hosokawa, University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan, Miyoshi Yoshizumi, Nagoya University, Institute for Space Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya, Japan, Vania K Jordanova, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, Shin-ichiro Oyama, National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Japan, Yasunobu Ogawa, NIPR National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan and Satoshi Kurita, Kyoto University, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto, Japan
Guy Alan Grubbs II1, Matthew D Zettergren2, Marilia Samara3, Robert Michell3, George V Khazanov4, Michael Hirsch5, Kristina A Lynch6, Donald L Hampton7, Robert Clayton8, Meghan Burleigh9, Roger H Varney10 and Ashton Seth Reimer11, (1)USRA/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (5)Boston University, ECE, Boston, MA, United States, (6)Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, (7)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (8)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Space and Atmospheric Instrumentation Lab, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, (9)U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, United States, (10)University of California Los Angeles, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (11)SRI International Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States
William Lotko1,2, Binzheng Zhang3, Marissa L L Hedlund4,5 and Benjamin R Hogan1,2, (1)Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering, Hanover, NH, United States, (2)National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, United States, (3)University of Hong Kong, Department of Earth Sciences, Hong Kong, China, (4)Coe College, Physics Department, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States, (5)National Center for Atmosphere Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States
Olga P Verkhoglyadova1, Xing Meng2, Anthony J Mannucci3 and Ryan Michael McGranaghan1, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Spencer Hatch, University of Bergen, Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Bergen, Norway, Therese Moretto Jorgensen, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Olga P Verkhoglyadova, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Kristina A Lynch, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States
Marc Lessard1, David Ross Kenward1, Bruce Fritz1, Roger H Varney2, Robert Michell3, Antonius Otto4 and Brent Sadler5, (1)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, (2)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)Geophysical Institute Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (5)University of New Hampshire, Durham, United States
Martin G Connors1, Sébastien Guillon2, Kyle Reiter1, Dr. Xiangning Chu3, Robert L McPherron4, Mark J. Engebretson5, David H Boteler6, Christopher T Russell7 and Brian J Jackel8, (1)Athabasca University, Athabasca, AB, Canada, (2)Hydro-Québec, Transénergie, Montréal, QC, Canada, (3)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)Univ Calif Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (5)Augsburg University, Physics, Minneapolis, United States, (6)Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, (7)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States, (8)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Jerry Wayne Manweiler, Fundamental Technologies, LLC, Lawrence, KS, United States, Martin G Connors, Athabasca University, Athabasca, AB, Canada, Mark J. Engebretson, Augsburg University, Physics, Minneapolis, United States, Dr. James M Weygand, PhD, UCLA EPSS, Los Angeles, United States, A. Rualdo Soto Chavez, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, Matthew Blake Cooper, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center For Solar-Terrestrial Research, Edison, United States, Andrew J Gerrard, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, Newark, NJ, United States, Donald G Mitchell, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States and Louis J Lanzerotti, New Jersey Inst Tech, Newark, United States
Elizabeth MacDonald1, Mark Conde2, Burcu Kosar1, Kristina A Lynch3, Joshua L Semeter4, Neil Zeller5 and Aurorasaurus contributors, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (3)Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, (4)Boston Univ, Boston, United States, (5)Alberta Aurora Chasers, Calgary, Canada
