Geomagnetic Disturbances
Abstract
The changing magnetic field of the Sun interacts with the Earth s magnetosphere to cause geomagnetic activity. Our goal is to understand the processes that determine the inputs to the terrestrial system and generate magnetospheric disturbances. How does solar activity originate? How is it expressed in the corona and interplanetary medium? Can we forecast the quantities that determine how the terrestrial environment ultimately responds? Our aim is to understand the solar causes of geomagnetic disturbances and to build tools that can, from photospheric observations, forecast the conditions that result in space weather disturbances.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA629098
Entities
People
- Philip Scherrer
- Xuepu Zhao
Organizations
- Stanford University