U.S.-Czech Research on Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Interaction

这个由约翰霍普金斯大学应用物理实验室的David Sibeck博士和布拉格查尔斯大学的Jana Safrankova博士合作的美国-捷克研究项目将研究太阳风的质量、能量和动量在磁层和电离层中流动的过程。研究人员打算交换数据集和相关研究，同时使用来自Interball卫星、其他航天器和地面的太阳风、磁鞘、磁层和电离层观测数据。总体结果将在互联网上公布，预计将有助于我们理解：1)前震过程改变太阳风特征的方式；2)磁层顶运动的特征及其成因；3)太阳风参数的变化触发磁层亚暴的手段。这个高层大气研究的联合项目实现了推进科学知识的计划目标，使美国和东欧的领先专家能够在共同感兴趣和有能力的领域结合互补的人才和汇集资源。？?

INT 9515523 Sibeck This U.S.-Czech research project between Dr. David Sibeck of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and Dr. Jana Safrankova of Charles University, Prague, will examine the processes by which solar wind mass, energy, and momentum flow through the magnetosphere and ionosphere. The researchers intend to exchange data sets and correlate studies using simultaneous solar wind, magnetosheath, magnetospheric, and ionospheric observations taken from the Interball satellite, other space craft, and the ground. Overall results, which will be made available over the Internet, are expected to contribute to our understanding of: 1) the manner by which processes within the foreshock modify solar wind features; 2) the characteristics and causes of magnetopause motion; and 3) the means by which variations in solar wind parameters trigger magnetospheric substorms. This joint project in upper atmospheric research fulfills the program objective of advancing scientific knowledge by enabling leading experts in the United States and Eastern Europe to combine complementary talents and pool resources in areas of strong mutual interest and competence. ??