Ring Current Investigations The Quest for Space Weather Prediction
Coordonnateurs : Jordanova Vania K., Ilie Raluca, Chen Margaret W.
Ring Current Investigations offers a comprehensive description of ring current dynamics in the Earth?s magnetosphere as part of the coupled magnetosphere-ionosphere system. In order to help researchers develop a deeper understanding of the fundamental physics of geomagnetic storms, it includes a detailed description of energetic charged particles injection, trapping, and loss. It reviews historical and recent advances in observations, measurements, theory and simulations of the inner magnetosphere and its coupling to the ionosphere and other surrounding plasma populations. In addition, it compares the physics of ring currents at other strongly magnetized planets in the solar system, specifically Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, with the ring current system at Earth.
Providing a description of the most important space weather effects driven by inner magnetospheric energetic particles during geomagnetic storms and present capabilities for their nowcast and forecast, Ring Current Investigations is an important reference for researchers in geophysics and space science, especially related to plasma physics, the ionosphere and magnetosphere, solar-terrestrial relations, and spacecraft anomalies.
1. Introduction and historical background 2. Observations and Measurement Techniques 3. Theoretical Description 4. Modeling Techniques 5. Ring Current Development 6. Ring Current Decay
7. Cross-Regional Coupling 8. Space Weather Effects and Prediction 9. Comparative Planetary Ring Currents Appendix
Prof. Ilie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her primary research is the development and application of high-performance, first principles computational models to describe and predict the conditions in near-Earth space leading to geomagnetic storms.
Prof. Ilie’s research focus is on developing new approaches to study the dynamics of plasmas and electromagnetic fields in the geospace environment, and to advance the predictive capabilities of the complex dynamics occurring in the solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere system. She combines both theoretical and observational work to develop predictive tools that form the basis of operational warning systems and hazard mitigation. Prof. Ilie earned her Ph.D in Space and Planetary Physics from the University of Michigan and has been an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at Los Alamos National Laborat
- Includes an appendix with links to downloadable video clips, illustrating features of ring current and geomagnetic storm dynamics
- Provides overview of existing state-of-the-art numerical models and links for open-source code downloads
- Offers guidance on how to develop numerical models within the context of the present-day understanding
Date de parution : 06-2020
Ouvrage de 332 p.
19x23.3 cm
Thèmes de Ring Current Investigations :
Mots-clés :
bounce-average formalism; collisional losses; cross-energy coupling; current systems; electrical power systems; electrostatic discharges; empirical; energetic particles; field line curvature scattering; geomagnetic index; geomagnetic storms; geomagnetically induced currents; instrumentation; Jupiter; kinetic theory; magnetopause losses; magnetosphere; magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling; magnetospheric; modeling; near-Earth space environment; Neptune; ring current; ring current theory; Saturn; single particle motion; solar wind-magnetosphere interactions; space weather; spacecraft charging; Uranus; wave-particle interactions