Multiscale Plasma Convection: Mechanisms, Structures, and Effects in the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere (MIT) System
Multiscale Plasma Convection: Mechanisms, Structures, and Effects in the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere (MIT) System
Session ID#: 121675
Session Description:
Plasma convection in the tightly coupled magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere (MIT) system occurs at various scales. On large-scale, plasma follows exhibits a two-cell or four-cell pattern under southward or northward IMFs. Embedded in the large-scale, localized and transient flow structures play fundamental roles in magnetic flux transportation and energy deposition. This session solicits studies on various MIT coupling processes associated with multi-scale plasma convection. Relevant topics include but are not limited to: (1) flow structures mechanisms: flow channels in the auroral oval, cusp, and polar cap, dawnside auroral polarization stream (DAPS), subauroral polarization stream (SAPS), and penetration electric field,; (2) flow mechanisms: magnetic reconnection, Bursty Bulk Flows (BBF)s, dipolarization, particle injection; (3) flow effects: ionospheric density structures including storm enhanced density (SED), the tongue of ionization (TOI), polar cap patches, main trough, and ion-neutral coupling, thermospheric wind, and heating (such as STEVE). We encourage presentations based on observations, theories, modeling, and machine learning.
Index Terms:
2431 Ionosphere/magnetosphere interactions [IONOSPHERE]
2437 Ionospheric dynamics [IONOSPHERE]
2447 Modeling and forecasting [IONOSPHERE]
2712 Electric fields [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]
Primary Convener: Banafsheh Ferdousi, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States
Conveners: Ying Zou, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, Ercha Aa, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, United States and Dong Lin, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Liaison: Banafsheh Ferdousi, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States
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