Space Weather: Tomography for use in Forecasting Heliospheric Conditions in the Earth's Environment

研究人员将对与地球相互作用的太阳风结构进行三维重建。重点将放在结构的形状，结构与周围太阳风等离子体的相互作用，以及结构在改变嵌入的太阳磁场中的作用。他们的方法是升级目前正在使用的断层扫描技术，以研究安静的太阳风的三维结构。几个遥感数据集将被纳入分析，结果将与航天器在可获得数据的地方现场测量的密度、速度和磁场进行核对。

The investigators will produce a three dimensional reconstruction of solar wind structures that interact with the Earth. The focus will be on the shape of the structures, the interaction of the structures with the ambient solar wind plasma, and the effect of the structures in modifying embedded solar magnetic fields. Their approach is to upgrade a tomographic technique now in use to investigate the structure of the quiet solar wind in three dimensions. Several remotely sensed datasets will be incorporated in the analysis, and the results will be checked against densities, velocities, and magnetic fields measured in situ by spacecraft where data are available.