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Understanding the Sun and Solar System Plasmas

Future Directions in Solar and Space Physics

Solar and Space Physics Survey Committee

Committee on Solar and Space Physics

Space Studies Board

Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS
Washington, D.C.
www.nap.edu

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ABOUT THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

For more than 100 years, the National Academies have provided independent advice on issues of science, technology, and medicine that underlie many questions of national importance. The National Academies, comprising the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council, work together to enlist the nation’s top scientists, engineers, health professionals, and other experts to study specific issues. The results of their deliberations have inspired some of America’s most significant and lasting efforts to improve the health, education, and welfare of the nation. To learn more about Academies’ activities, check the Web site at www.nationalacademies.org.

The decadel survey on which this booklet is based was a project approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the Survey Committee and the five panels whose responsible for the survey were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

The project was supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Contracts NASW 96013 and NASW 01001, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under Purchase Order No. 40-AA-NR-111308, the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ATM-0109283, the Office of Naval Research under Grant No. N00014-01-1-0753, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under Purchase Order No. FQ8671-0101168.

Support for this publication was provided by The Presidents’ Circle Communication Initiative of the National Academies.

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Advisers to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine

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Understanding the Sun and Solar System Plasmas

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SOLAR AND SPACE PHYSICS SURVEY COMMITTEE

LOUIS J. LANZEROTTI,

Lucent Technologies,

Chair

ROGER L. ARNOLDY,

University of New Hampshire

FRAN BAGENAL,

University of Colorado at Boulder

DANIEL N. BAKER,

University of Colorado at Boulder

JAMES L. BURCH,

Southwest Research Institute

JOHN C. FOSTER,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

PHILIP R. GOODE,

Big Bear Solar Observatory

RODERICK A. HEELIS,

University of Texas, Dallas

MARGARET G. KIVELSON,

University of California, Los Angeles

WILLIAM H. MATTHAEUS,

University of Delaware

FRANK B. McDONALD,

University of Maryland

EUGENE N. PARKER,

University of Chicago,

Professor Emeritus

GEORGE C. REID,

University of Colorado at Boulder

ROBERT W. SCHUNK,

Utah State University

ALAN M. TITLE,

Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center

ARTHUR A. CHARO, Study Director

WILLIAM S. LEWIS, Consultant

THERESA M. FISHER, Senior Program Assistant

PANEL ON THE SUN AND HELIOSPHERIC PHYSICS

JOHN T. GOSLING,

Los Alamos National Laboratory,

Chair

ALAN M. TITLE,

Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center,

Vice Chair

TIMOTHY S. BASTIAN,

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

EDWARD W. CLIVER,

Air Force Research Laboratory

JUDITH T. KARPEN,

Naval Research Laboratory

JEFFREY R. KUHN,

University of Hawaii

MARTIN A. LEE,

University of New Hampshire

RICHARD A. MEWALDT,

California Institute of Technology

VICTOR PIZZO,

NOAA Space Environment Center

JURI TOOMRE,

University of Colorado at Boulder

THOMAS H. ZURBUCHEN,

University of Michigan

PANEL ON SOLAR WIND AND MAGNETOSPHERE INTERACTIONS

CHRISTOPHER T. RUSSELL,

University of California, Los Angeles,

Chair

JOACHIM BIRN,

Los Alamos National Laboratory,

Vice Chair

BRIAN J. ANDERSON,

Johns Hopkins University

JAMES L. BURCH,

Southwest Research Institute

JOSEPH F. FENNELL,

Aerospace Corporation

STEPHEN A. FUSELIER,

Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center

MICHAEL HESSE,

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

WILLIAM S. KURTH,

University of Iowa

JANET G. LUHMANN,

University of California, Berkeley

MARK MOLDWIN,

University of California, Los Angeles

HARLAN E. SPENCE,

Boston University

MICHELLE F. THOMSEN,

Los Alamos National Laboratory

PANEL ON ATMOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE-MAGNETOSPHERE INTERACTIONS

MICHAEL C. KELLEY,

Cornell University,

Chair

MARY K. HUDSON,

Dartmouth College,

Vice Chair

DANIEL N. BAKER,

University of Colorado at Boulder

THOMAS E. CRAVENS,

University of Kansas

TIMOTHY J. FULLER-ROWELL,

University of Colorado at Boulder

MAURA E. HAGAN,

National Center for Atmospheric Research

UMRAN S. INAN,

Stanford University

TIMOTHY L. KILLEEN,

National Center for Atmospheric Research

CRAIG KLETZING,

University of Iowa

JANET U. KOZYRA,

University of Michigan

ROBERT LYSAK,

University of Minnesota

GEORGE C. REID,

University of Colorado at Boulder

HOWARD J. SINGER,

NOAA Space Environment Center

ROGER W. SMITH,

University of Alaska

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PANEL ON THEORY, MODELING, AND DATA EXPLORATION

GARY P. ZANK,

University of California, Riverside,

Chair

DAVID G. SIBECK,

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,

Vice Chair

SPIRO K. ANTIOCHOS,

Naval Research Laboratory

RICHARD S. BOGART,

Stanford University

JAMES F. DRAKE, JR.,

University of Maryland

ROBERT E. ERGUN,

University of Colorado at Boulder

JACK R. JOKIPII,

University of Arizona

JON A. LINKER,

Science Applications International Corporation

WILLIAM LOTKO,

Dartmouth College

JOACHIM RAEDER,

University of California, Los Angeles

ROBERT W. SCHUNK,

Utah State University

PANEL ON EDUCATION AND SOCIETY

RAMON E. LOPEZ,

University of Texas, El Paso,

Chair

MARK ENGEBRETSON,

Augsburg College,

Vice Chair

FRAN BAGENAL,

University of Colorado

CRAIG DeFOREST,

Southwest Research Institute

PRISCILLA FRISCH,

University of Chicago

DALE E. GARY,

New Jersey Institute of Technology

MAUREEN HARRIGAN,

Agilent Technologies

ROBERTA M. JOHNSON,

National Center for Atmospheric Research

STEPHEN P. MARAN,

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

TERRANCE ONSAGER,

NOAA Space Environment Center

COMMITTEE ON SOLAR AND SPACE PHYSICS

JAMES L. BURCH,

Southwest Research Institute,

Chair

JAMES F. DRAKE,

University of Maryland

STEPHEN A. FUSELIER,

Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center

MARY K. HUDSON,

Dartmouth College

MARGARET G. KIVELSON,

University of California, Los Angeles

CRAIG KLETZING,

University of Iowa

FRANK B. McDONALD,

University of Maryland

EUGENE N. PARKER,

University of Chicago,

Professor Emeritus

ROBERT W. SCHUNK,

Utah State University

GARY P. ZANK,

University of California, Riverside

ARTHUR A. CHARO, Study Director

THERESA M. FISHER, Senior Program Assistant

SPACE STUDIES BOARD

LENNARD A. FISK,

University of Michigan,

Chair

GEORGE A. PAULIKAS,

The Aerospace Corporation (retired),

Vice Chair

DANIEL N. BAKER,

University of Colorado

ANA P. BARROS,

Duke University

RETA F. BEEBE,

New Mexico State University

ROGER D. BLANDFORD,

Stanford University

RADFORD BYERLY, JR.,

University of Colorado

JUDITH A. CURRY,

Georgia Institute of Technology

JACK D. FARMER,

Arizona State University

JACQUELINE N. HEWITT,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DONALD INGBER,

Harvard Medical Center

RALPH H. JACOBSON,

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory (retired)

TAMARA E. JERNIGAN,

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

MARGARET G. KIVELSON,

University of California, Los Angeles

CALVIN W. LOWE,

Bowie State University

HARRY Y. McSWEEN, JR.,

University of Tennessee

BERRIEN MOORE III,

University of New Hampshire

NORMAN NEUREITER,

Texas Instruments (retired)

SUZANNE OPARIL,

University of Alabama, Birmingham

RONALD F. PROBSTEIN,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DENNIS W. READEY,

Colorado School of Mines

ANNA-LOUISE REYSENBACH,

Portland State University

ROALD S. SAGDEEV,

University of Maryland

CAROLUS J. SCHRIJVER,

Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory

HARVEY D. TANANBAUM,

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

J. CRAIG WHEELER,

University of Texas, Austin

A. THOMAS YOUNG,

Lockheed Martin Corporation (retired)

JOSEPH K. ALEXANDER, Director

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