Quantifying the global solar wind-magnetosphere interaction with the Solar-Terrestrial Observer for the Response of the Magnetosphere (STORM) mission concept
Much of what we know about the solar wind’s interaction with the Earth’s magnetosphere has been gained from isolated in-situ measurements by single or multiple spacecraft. Based on their observations, we know that reconnection, whether on the dayside magnetopause or deep within the Earth’s magnetota...
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| author | David G. Sibeck Kyle R. Murphy Kyle R. Murphy F. Scott Porter Hyunju K. Connor Brian M. Walsh Kip D. Kuntz Eftyhia Zesta Phil Valek Charles L. Baker Jerry Goldstein Harald Frey Syau-Yun Hsieh Pontus C. Brandt Roman Gomez Gina A. DiBraccio Shingo Kameda Vivek Dwivedi Michael E. Purucker Michael Shoemaker Steven M. Petrinec Homayon Aryan Ravindra T. Desai Michael G. Henderson Gonzalo Cucho-Padin Gonzalo Cucho-Padin W. Douglas Cramer |
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| description | Much of what we know about the solar wind’s interaction with the Earth’s magnetosphere has been gained from isolated in-situ measurements by single or multiple spacecraft. Based on their observations, we know that reconnection, whether on the dayside magnetopause or deep within the Earth’s magnetotail, controls the bulk flow of solar wind energy into and through the global system and that nightside activity provides the energized particles that power geomagnetic storms. But by their very nature these isolated in-situ measurements cannot provide an instantaneous global view of the entire system or its cross-scale dynamics. To fully quantify the dynamics of the coupled solar wind-magnetosphere requires comprehensive end-to-end global imaging of the key plasma structures that comprise the magnetosphere which have spatial resolutions that exceeds anything possible with multi-point or constellation situ measurements. Global, end-to-end, imaging provides the pathway to understanding the system as a whole, its constituent parts, and its cross-scale processes on a continuous basis, as needed to quantify the flow of solar wind energy through the global magnetospheric system. This paper describes how a comprehensively-instrumented single spacecraft in a high-altitude, high-inclination orbit coupled with ground-based instruments provides the essential observations needed to track and quantify the flow of solar wind energy through the magnetosphere. This includes observations of the solar wind plasma and magnetic field input, the magnetopause location in soft X-rays, the auroral oval in far ultraviolet, the ring current in energetic neutrals, the plasmasphere in extreme ultraviolet, the exosphere in Lyman-α, and the microstructure of the nightside auroral oval from ground-based all sky cameras. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-71ed68be65b945f1a55f3294d60faa242023-02-22T08:23:13ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences2296-987X2023-02-011010.3389/fspas.2023.11386161138616Quantifying the global solar wind-magnetosphere interaction with the Solar-Terrestrial Observer for the Response of the Magnetosphere (STORM) mission conceptDavid G. Sibeck0Kyle R. Murphy1Kyle R. Murphy2F. Scott Porter3Hyunju K. Connor4Brian M. Walsh5Kip D. Kuntz6Eftyhia Zesta7Phil Valek8Charles L. Baker9Jerry Goldstein10Harald Frey11Syau-Yun Hsieh12Pontus C. Brandt13Roman Gomez14Gina A. DiBraccio15Shingo Kameda16Vivek Dwivedi17Michael E. Purucker18Michael Shoemaker19Steven M. Petrinec20Homayon Aryan21Ravindra T. Desai22Michael G. Henderson23Gonzalo Cucho-Padin24Gonzalo Cucho-Padin25W. Douglas Cramer26NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United StatesIndependent Researcher, Thunder Bay, ON, CanadaDepartment of Maths, Physics and Electrical Engineering, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomNASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United StatesNASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United StatesDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Space Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA, United StatesJohns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United StatesNASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United StatesSouthwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United StatesNASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United StatesSouthwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United StatesSpace Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United StatesJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United StatesJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United StatesSouthwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United StatesNASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United StatesDepartment of Physics, College of Science, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, JapanNASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United StatesNASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United StatesNASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States0Lockheed Martin ATC, Palo Alto, CA, United States1Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States2Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom3Space Science and Applications Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United StatesNASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States4Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, United States5Space Science Center University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United StatesMuch of what we know about the solar wind’s interaction with the Earth’s magnetosphere has been gained from isolated in-situ measurements by single or multiple spacecraft. Based on their observations, we know that reconnection, whether on the dayside magnetopause or deep within the Earth’s magnetotail, controls the bulk flow of solar wind energy into and through the global system and that nightside activity provides the energized particles that power geomagnetic storms. But by their very nature these isolated in-situ measurements cannot provide an instantaneous global view of the entire system or its cross-scale dynamics. To fully quantify the dynamics of the coupled solar wind-magnetosphere requires comprehensive end-to-end global imaging of the key plasma structures that comprise the magnetosphere which have spatial resolutions that exceeds anything possible with multi-point or constellation situ measurements. Global, end-to-end, imaging provides the pathway to understanding the system as a whole, its constituent parts, and its cross-scale processes on a continuous basis, as needed to quantify the flow of solar wind energy through the global magnetospheric system. This paper describes how a comprehensively-instrumented single spacecraft in a high-altitude, high-inclination orbit coupled with ground-based instruments provides the essential observations needed to track and quantify the flow of solar wind energy through the magnetosphere. This includes observations of the solar wind plasma and magnetic field input, the magnetopause location in soft X-rays, the auroral oval in far ultraviolet, the ring current in energetic neutrals, the plasmasphere in extreme ultraviolet, the exosphere in Lyman-α, and the microstructure of the nightside auroral oval from ground-based all sky cameras.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2023.1138616/fullsolar wind-magnetosphere interactionglobal imagingmission conceptsoft X raysauroraring current |
| spellingShingle | David G. Sibeck Kyle R. Murphy Kyle R. Murphy F. Scott Porter Hyunju K. Connor Brian M. Walsh Kip D. Kuntz Eftyhia Zesta Phil Valek Charles L. Baker Jerry Goldstein Harald Frey Syau-Yun Hsieh Pontus C. Brandt Roman Gomez Gina A. DiBraccio Shingo Kameda Vivek Dwivedi Michael E. Purucker Michael Shoemaker Steven M. Petrinec Homayon Aryan Ravindra T. Desai Michael G. Henderson Gonzalo Cucho-Padin Gonzalo Cucho-Padin W. Douglas Cramer Quantifying the global solar wind-magnetosphere interaction with the Solar-Terrestrial Observer for the Response of the Magnetosphere (STORM) mission concept Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences solar wind-magnetosphere interaction global imaging mission concept soft X rays aurora ring current |
| title | Quantifying the global solar wind-magnetosphere interaction with the Solar-Terrestrial Observer for the Response of the Magnetosphere (STORM) mission concept |
| title_full | Quantifying the global solar wind-magnetosphere interaction with the Solar-Terrestrial Observer for the Response of the Magnetosphere (STORM) mission concept |
| title_fullStr | Quantifying the global solar wind-magnetosphere interaction with the Solar-Terrestrial Observer for the Response of the Magnetosphere (STORM) mission concept |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantifying the global solar wind-magnetosphere interaction with the Solar-Terrestrial Observer for the Response of the Magnetosphere (STORM) mission concept |
| title_short | Quantifying the global solar wind-magnetosphere interaction with the Solar-Terrestrial Observer for the Response of the Magnetosphere (STORM) mission concept |
| title_sort | quantifying the global solar wind magnetosphere interaction with the solar terrestrial observer for the response of the magnetosphere storm mission concept |
| topic | solar wind-magnetosphere interaction global imaging mission concept soft X rays aurora ring current |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2023.1138616/full |
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