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AGU25: SPA-Magnetospheric Physics

SPA-Magnetospheric Physics



SM001
2025 Van Allen Lecture
Primary Convener:  Katharine Reeves, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, United States
Convener:  Michael Warren Liemohn, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Brianna Isola, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, United States


SM002
Artificial Intelligence (AI) for scientific discovery in Solar Wind-Earth Interaction
Primary Convener:  Dr. Xiangning Chu, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Sai Gowtam Valluri, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, Matthew R Argall, University of New Hampshire, Durham, United States and Dr. Banafsheh Ferdousi, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Brianna Isola, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, United States


SM003
Comparative Planetary Magnetospheric Processes
Primary Convener:  Wen Li, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
Conveners:  George B Clark, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States, Robert Andrew Marshall, University of Colorado at Boulder, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, United States and Ryan M. Dewey, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States


SM004
Dayside Magnetosphere Interactions
Primary Convener:  Shan Wang, Peking University, Institute of space physics and applied technology, Beijing, China
Conveners:  Hui Zhang, Shandong University at Weihai, Weihai, China, Colin Forsyth, UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Dorking, United Kingdom and Brian Walsh, Boston University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Space Physics, Boston, MA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Kun Zhang, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States


SM005
Earth’s Ionospheric Electrojets
Primary Convener:  Jesper W Gjerloev, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Convener:  Larry Kepko, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States


SM006
Fifty Years of the Burton Equation
Primary Convener:  Michael Warren Liemohn, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Conveners:  Consuelo Cid, Universidad de Alcala, Alcala de Henares, Spain and Shasha Zou, University of Michigan, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States


SM007
From the Sun to the Earth: Exploring The Impacts of Plasma Waves and Instabilities on Solar-Terrestrial Interactions
Primary Convener:  Hava Turkakin, Utica University, Physics, Utica, United States
Conveners:  Eun-Hwa Kim, Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, United States and Syed Ayaz, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Space Sciences and CSPAR, Huntsville, AL, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Sung Jun Noh, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States


SM008
Geospace Research from the Polar Regions: Preparing for the Next International Polar Year (IPY)
Primary Convener:  Hyomin Kim, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, Edison, NJ, United States
Conveners:  Andrew J Gerrard, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, Newark, NJ, United States, Gareth William Perry, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, Newark, United States and Lindsay Goodwin, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, United States


SM009
Global and Micro-Scale Consequences of Mesoscale Magnetotail Dynamics
Primary Convener:  Adam Michael, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Conveners:  Christine Gabrielse, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, United States, Bea Gallardo-Lacourt, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States and Anthony Sciola, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States


SM010
Heavy Ions as Tracers and Regulators of Plasma Processes in the Solar System
Primary Convener:  Kathleen Gwen Hanley, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
Conveners:  Mei-Yun Lin, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, Weijie Sun, University of California Berkeley, Space Science Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States and Jamey R Szalay, Princeton University, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton, United States


SM011
Influence of Space Weather on Solar-Terrestrial Interactions
Primary Convener:  Gerard J Fasel, Pepperdine University, Natural Science, Malibu, CA, United States
Conveners:  SUN Lee, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, David G Sibeck, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, United States and Nick Omidi, Solana Scientific Inc, Solana Beach, United States


SM012
Magnetosphere-Aurora Connection: New Perspectives on Magnetospheric Dynamics and Auroral Evolution
Primary Convener:  Shipra Sinha, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Yukitoshi Nishimura, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, Andrei Runov, University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Shinichi Ohtani, JHU/APL, Laurel, United States


SM013
Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Coupling Using Observations, Physics-based Model Simulations, and Machine Learning
Primary Convener:  Amani Reddy, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Conveners:  Vikas S Sonwalkar, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Joseph D Huba, Syntek Technologies, Fairfax, United States and Gang Lu, National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States


SM014
Magnetosphere of Jupiter: Multiple Views of a Dynamic System
Primary Convener:  Sadie Elliott, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Conveners:  Yasmina M. Martos, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom, George B Clark, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States and Robert W Ebert, University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Physics and Astronomy, San Antonio, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jayasri Joseph, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States


SM015
Magnetospheres in the Inner Solar System
Primary Convener:  Shaosui Xu, University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Conveners:  Ryan M. Dewey, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Moa Persson, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala, Sweden and Yuki Harada, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan


SM016
Magnetospheres in the Outer Solar System
Primary Convener:  Xianzhe Jia, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Conveners:  Yasmina M. Martos, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, Chris Paranicas, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States and George B Hospodarsky, University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, United States


SM017
Magnetospheric Physics: General Contributions
Primary Convener:  Weichao Tu, West Virginia University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Morgantown, WV, United States
Conveners:  Hazel M Bain, CU/CIRES NOAA/SWPC, Boulder, United States and Scott England, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Blacksburg, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Eduardo Perez Macho, INPE National Institute for Space Research, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil


SM018
Moon-Plasma Interactions Throughout the Solar System
Primary Convener:  Sven Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, United States
Conveners:  Lucas Liuzzo, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, Quentin Nenon, CNES French National Center for Space Studies, Santa Clara, United States and Paul Stefan Szabo, University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Randy Ruch, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, United States


SM019
Multi-scale Physics of Magnetic Reconnection: Advances in Observations, Experiments, Modeling, and Theory
Primary Convener:  Bayane Michotte de Welle, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Kevin James Genestreti, Southwest Research Institute, Durham, United States, Hyunju KIM Connor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, Jongsoo Yoo, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, United States, Yu Lin, Auburn University, Physics Department, Auburn, United States, Nehpreet Kaur Walia, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan, Matthew Blandin, University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States and Yi Qi, University of California, Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Science, Los Angeles, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Steven Heuer, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, physics, Durham, NH, United States


SM020
Natural or controlled interactions of Electromagnetic Waves, Plasmas, and Energetic Particles within Geosynchronous Orbit
Primary Convener:  Jean-Francois Ripoll, CEA Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique DAM, Arpajon Cedex, France
Conveners:  Jay Albert, Air Force Research Laboratory Albuquerque, Albuquerque, United States, Weichao Tu, West Virginia University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Morgantown, WV, United States and Richard Bertram Horne, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom


SM021
Nonlinear Processes in Collisionless Space Plasmas: Bridging Theory, Modeling, and Observations
Primary Convener:  Longzhi Gan, Boston University, Center for Space Physics, Boston, MA, United States
Conveners:  Jay Albert, Air Force Research Laboratory Albuquerque, Albuquerque, United States, Solene Lejosne, University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States and Robyn M Millan, Dartmouth College, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hanover, NH, United States


SM022
Particle Energization and Loss in Earth's Nightside Magnetosphere: A Low-Altitude Perspective
Primary Convener:  Xiaojia Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, United States
Conveners:  Aleksandr Y Ukhorskiy, JHU/APL, Laurel, United States, Anton Artemyev, University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States and Yuto Katoh, Tohoku University, Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Sendai, Japan
Student/Early Career Convener:  Oliver Allanson, University of Birmingham, Space Environment and Radio Engineering (SERENE), Birmingham, B15, United Kingdom


SM023
Physics of Current Sheets in Planetary Magnetospheres and Solar Wind: Plasma Kinetics, Magnetic Reconnection, and Particle Acceleration
Primary Convener:  Xin An, University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States
Conveners:  Anna Tenerani, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Physics, Austin, United States, Anthony Sciola, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States and Ivan Vasko, University of Texas at Dallas, Department of Physics, Richardson, TX, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Sergei Kamaletdinov, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States


SM024
Radiation Belt Dynamics: Wave-Particle Interactions and Radiation Belt Modeling
Primary Convener:  Homayon Aryan, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Conveners:  Oleksiy V Agapitov, Space Science Laboratory, UCB, Berkeley, United States, Harriet George, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Department of Physics, Boulder, CO, United States and Kyung-Eun Choi, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES


SM025
Recent Advances in Magnetic Reconnection in Space Plasmas: Theory, Modeling and Experiments
Primary Convener:  Stefano Markidis, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Conveners:  Maria Elena Innocenti, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany and Gian Luca Delzanno, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States


SM026
Ring Current Particle Sources, Losses, and its Coupling with Other Regions
Primary Convener:  Qianli Ma, Boston University, Boston, United States
Conveners:  Cristian Ferradas, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Division, Greenbelt, United States, Chao Yue, Peking University, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Beijing, China and Jacob Bortnik, University of California Los Angeles, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, United States


SM027
Solar Wind’s Coupling with Magnetospheres and Ionospheres and Its Consequential Phenomena
Primary Convener:  Timo Pitkänen, Shandong University at Weihai, Weihai, China; Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Conveners:  Lauri Holappa, University of Oulu, Space Physics and Astronomy Research Unit, Oulu, Finland, Lei Dai, NSSC National Space Science Center, CAS, Beijing, China and Ying Zou, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States


SM028
Space Plasma Physics Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques
Primary Convener:  Dave Sheppard, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Michael joseph Starkey, Southwest Research Institute, Physics and Astronomy, San Antonio, United States and Miguel Martínez Ledesma, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Carolina Chism, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States


SM029
The low-energy/cold particle populations and the systems science of geospace
Primary Convener:  Gian Luca Delzanno, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Conveners:  Alex Glocer, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, Eric Donovan, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada and David Malaspina, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Opal Issan, Predictive Science Inc., San Diego, United States


SM030
Three-Dimensional Magnetosphere Structure and Dynamics During Geomagnetic Storms
Primary Convener:  Brandon L Burkholder, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States and Mike Shumko
Conveners:  Mykhaylo Shumko, Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, United States, Andrew Marshall, Rice University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Houston, TX, United States, Dong Lin, NCAR, Boulder, United States and Mike Shumko


SM031
Understanding the Generation, Evolution, and Impact of Plasma Waves in Various Space Plasma Environments
Primary Convener:  Rui Chen, Auburn University, Physics Department, Auburn, United States
Conveners:  Huayue Chen, Auburn University, Department of Physics, Auburn, United States, Ivan Vasko, University of Texas at Dallas, Department of Physics, Richardson, TX, United States and Maria Usanova, University of Colorado at Boulder, LASP, Boulder, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Rui Chen, Auburn University, Physics Department, Auburn, United States


SM032
Venus as a Heliophysics Laboratory
Primary Convener:  Michael Chaffin, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Kathleen Gwen Hanley, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, Joe Caggiano, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States and Candace Gray, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Skylar R Shaver, West Virgina University, Morgantown, United States


SM033
Magnetospheric Physics Student and Early Career GeoBurst Session
Primary Convener:  Weichao Tu, West Virginia University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Morgantown, WV, United States
Convener:  Weichao Tu, West Virginia University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Morgantown, WV, United States


GP002
Down to Earth with Space Weather: Magnetic Storm–Induced Geoelectric Fields, Currents, and Impacts
Primary Convener:  Jeffrey J Love, USGS Central Region Offices Denver, Denver, CO, United States
Convener:  Chigomezyo Mudala Ngwira, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States


P045
Titan: Atmosphere, Ionosphere, Space Environment and their Interactions
Primary Convener:  Matthew O. Fillingim, University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States
Conveners:  Stephen A Ledvina, Univ California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, Jared Bell, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Niklas J. T. Edberg, Swedish Inst. of Space Phys., Uppsala, Sweden
Student/Early Career Convener:  Konstantin Kim, IRF Swedish Institute of Space Physics Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden


SA015
Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Coupling Across Regions and Scales
Primary Convener:  Yukitoshi Nishimura, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
Conveners:  Yue Deng1, Larry R Lyons2 and Cheng Sheng1, (1)University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, United States(2)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Katherine Davidson, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States


SH010
Fundamental Mechanisms in Highly Collisionless Plasmas: Wave-Particle Interactions, Turbulence, Structures, and Instabilities with Applications to Heliospheric, Magnetospheric, and Laboratory Plasma Physics
Primary Convener:  Dr. Francesca Di Mare, PhD, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Katariina Nykyri, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Geospace Laboratory, 673, Greenbelt, United States and Collin Robert Brown, Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, Huntsville, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Yu-Lun Liou, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States


SH038
Why We Need to Keep Funding Space-Weather Research!
Primary Convener:  Mario Mark Bisi, United Kingdom Research and Innovation - Science & Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, RAL Space, Didcot, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Larisza D Krista, University of Colorado at Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Boulder, United States, Antti A Pulkkinen, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Krista Hammond, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom