Theoretical and Observational Studies of the Ionosphere - Plasmasphere System

项目概述NAGY/ATM-9412363这项正在进行的赠款的延续将支持电离层-等离子体层研究。该项目将探索环电流作为亚极光到低纬电离层的主要能量来源的作用。该计划的一个重点将是由于俯仰角散射和能量扩散而导致的环电流衰减以及相关的气动后果。此外，研究人员还将继续探索环电流和等离子体层粒子之间的库仑相互作用。拟议方案的另一个重要内容将是调查电离层对来自环电流和亚极光区域电动力耦合过程的高能输入的反应。

Project Summary Nagy/ATM-9412363 This continuation of an ongoing grant will support ionosphere- plasmasphere studies. The project will explore the role of the ring current as a major source of energy for the subauroral to low latitude ionosphere. One focus of the program will be on the decay of the ring current as a result of pitch-angle scattering and energy diffusion and the associated aeronomical consequences. In addition, the investigators will continue to explore the Coulomb interaction between the ring current and plasmaspheric particles . Another important element of the proposed program will be an investigation of the ionospheric response to energetic inputs from the ring current and electrodynamic coupling processes in the subauroral region.