Ring Current Investigations
1st Edition
The Quest for Space Weather Prediction
Description
Ring Current Investigations offers a comprehensive description of ring current dynamics in the Earth’s magnetosphere as part of the coupled magnetosphere-ionosphere system. In order to help researchers develop a deeper understanding of the fundamental physics of geomagnetic storms, it includes a detailed description of energetic charged particles injection, trapping, and loss. It reviews historical and recent advances in observations, measurements, theory and simulations of the inner magnetosphere and its coupling to the ionosphere and other surrounding plasma populations. In addition, it compares the physics of ring currents at other strongly magnetized planets in the solar system, specifically Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, with the ring current system at Earth.
Providing a description of the most important space weather effects driven by inner magnetospheric energetic particles during geomagnetic storms and present capabilities for their nowcast and forecast, Ring Current Investigations is an important reference for researchers in geophysics and space science, especially related to plasma physics, the ionosphere and magnetosphere, solar-terrestrial relations, and spacecraft anomalies.
Key Features
- Includes an appendix with links to downloadable video clips, illustrating features of ring current and geomagnetic storm dynamics
- Provides overview of existing state-of-the-art numerical models and links for open-source code downloads
- Offers guidance on how to develop numerical models within the context of the present-day understanding
Readership
Geophysicists and space scientists. Senior undergraduate students, graduate students, professors, researchers, meteorologists, and engineers interested in space science, plasma physics, solar-terrestrial relations, and spacecraft anomalies
Table of Contents
- Introduction and Historical Content
Vania Jordanova, Raluca Ilie, and Margaret Chen
2. Observations and Measurement Techniques
Lynn Kistler
3. Theoretical Description
Raluca Ilie
4. Ring Current Development
Margaret Chen
5. Ring Current Decay
Vania Jordanova
6. Cross-Regional Coupling
Mei-Ching Fok
7. Modeling Techniques
Frank Toffoletto
8. Space Weather Effects and Prediction
James L. Roeder
9. Comparative Planetary Ring Currents
Barry H. Mauk
Appendix: Videos and Code Links
Vania Jordanova, Raluca Ilie, and Margaret Chen
Details
- No. of pages:
- 380
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Elsevier 2020
- Published:
- 1st December 2019
- Imprint:
- Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN:
- 9780128155714
About the Editor
Vania Jordanova
Vania Jordanova’s area of expertise includes geomagnetic storm dynamics and processes that couple the ionospheric and magnetospheric regions. Her technical work bridges theoretical plasma physics, data analysis, and computational modeling. She has authored or co-authored more than 100 scientific publications in refereed journals and 13 book chapters. She was the managing guest editor of two special issues of the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics (JASTP), one published in February 2008, and one published in July 2013.
Affiliations and Expertise
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
Raluca Ilie
Prof. Illie’s primary research is the development and application of high-performance, first-principles computational models to describe and predict the conditions in the near-Earth space leading to geomagnetic storms. Her focus is on developing new approaches to study the dynamics of plasmas and electromagnetic fields in the geospace environment and to advance the predictive capabilities of the complex dynamics occurring in the solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere system.
Affiliations and Expertise
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Margaret Chen
Margaret Chen performs research on charged-particle transport, acceleration, and loss, and wave-particle interactions in the Earth’s magnetosphere and ionosphere. Her expertise is on developing and using computer simulation models to understand better the physical processes of such phenomena and has tested simulation results against both theory and observational data. Her work also includes applying space environmental knowledge towards analysis of satellite anomalies. Chen has authored and co-authored over 50 papers in refereed journals. She has served as a Space Science Editor for Geophysics Research Letters (2007-2010) and Editor for the 1996 COSPAR Symposium D0.5: The Subauroral Ionosphere, Plasmasphere, Ring Current and Inner Magnetosphere (Adv. Space Res., 20(3), 1997).
Affiliations and Expertise
Associate Director, Space Sciences Department, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, USA