GEM: Steady Magnetospheric Convection Events and Solar-Wind/Magnetosphere Coupling

Information

• NSF Award
• 0101310

Owner

• LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY, LLC

• Award Id

  0101310

• Award Effective Date

  9/1/2001 - 23 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  8/31/2006 - 18 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 150,030.00

• Award Instrument

  Interagency Agreement

This project involves a data-analysis and theoretical investigation into the properties and causes of steady magnetospheric convection (SMC) events. SMCs are extended intervals of elevated geomagnetic activity without the occurrence of substorms. The objectives of this project are (1) to further our understanding of SMCs by statistically comparing their properties with the properties of non-SMC periods, (2) to further our understanding of solar-wind/magnetosphere coupling by using SMCs as a probe of the special solar wind conditions that drive SMCs, (3) to further our understanding of how bursty bulk flows (BBfs) transport magnetic flux, energy and momentum in comparison with substorm transport, and (4) to explore new ideas about why SMCs occur under certain solar wind conditions.

• Program Officer

  kile baker

• Min Amd Letter Date

  9/7/2001 - 23 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  2/27/2006 - 18 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Los Alamos National Laboratory

• City

  Los Alamos

• State

  NM

• Country

  United States

• Address

  30 Bikini Rd

• Postal Code

  875450001

• Phone Number

  5056671624

• First Name

  Joseph

• Last Name

  Borovsky

• Email Address

  jborovsky@spacescience.org

• Start Date

  9/7/2001 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Space

• Code

  205000

• Text

  MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS

• Code

  5750

• Text

  SOLAR INFLUENCES

• Code

  1323

• Text

  EXP PROG TO STIM COMP RES

• Code

  9150

• Text

  ENVIRONMENT AND GLOBAL CHANGE