Geospace Plasma Dynamics

Abstract

This final report provides a summary of progress made during FY11 on the Air Force Office of Scientific Research task titled, Geospace Plasma Dynamics. The goal of this research effort was to develop a detailed knowledge of the space environment by analyzing satellite data and developing the theories needed to explain the observations. In this way we hoped to improve our capability to predict the state of the space environment. This effort included 2 basic research efforts. They were: (1) Investigate solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling processes, and (2) Investigate the physics of the low-latitude ionosphere.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 22, 2013
Accession Number
ADA586019

Entities

People

  • Chaosong Huang
  • D. M. Ober
  • E. Zesta
  • Gordon Wilson
  • Yi-jiun S. Caton

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Couplings
  • Dynamics
  • Electric Fields
  • Environment
  • Ionosphere
  • Latitude
  • Magnetosphere
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Satellites
  • Solar Activity
  • Solar Wind
  • Space Environments
  • Space Weather
  • Spacecraft

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space