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A Science Strategy for Space Physics: Part III
A Science Strategy for Space Physics: Part III
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. RECOMMENDED RESEARCH ACTIVITIES REPORT MENU NOTICE In generating the prioritized lists of recommended research activities, the MEMBERSHIP CSSP and CSTR considered the following issues: SUMMARY PART I PART II Importance.
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RECOMMENDED RESEARCH EMPHASES The recommended research activities listed in Box 3 are elements of the overarching goal of achieving greater understanding of the physical processes that underlie the observable phenomena of space physics. These rather detailed lists of diverse research efforts incorporate four common elements that the CSSP and CSTR consider to be the most important emphases for space physics research in the next decade: 1.
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Completing the diverse components of the International Solar Terrestrial Physics program. This includes the full-term support of mission operations and data analysis, with effective coordination of the observational and data-analysis campaigns involving the many spacecraft, both U.S.
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New spacecraft using lightweight structures and miniaturized electronics, and balloon technology allowing 8- to 20-day flights around the South Pole, should enable some high-priority space physics measurements to be made inexpensively in the near term. A good start has been made in the development of the new technology required for the study of high-energy radiation and particles from transient solar events with high angular and spectral resolutions and wide spectral coverage.
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It is possible that such insights might result from plasma-physics experiments performed in terrestrial laboratories; and e. Revisiting earlier efforts to predict solar activity, such as coronal mass ejections and flares, using simulations combined with solar observations.
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Measure high-energy radiation and particles from flares and coronal mass ejections with good angular resolution, good spectral resolution, and wide spectral coverage to determine what drives each of these phenomena and how they contribute to the solar output at high energies. Observe surface magnetic fields, velocities, and thermodynamic properties with enough spatial resolution (<150 km, with an ultimate goal of <100 km)
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The Structure and Dynamics of Magnetospheres and Their Coupling to Adjacent Regions Reap the full scientific potential of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics program and its coordinated programs to advance understanding of the transport of mass, momentum, and energy throughout the solar wind, and the magnetosphere and ionosphere systems. Simultaneously image the plasma and energetic particle populations in the aurora, plasmasphere, ring current, and inner plasma sheet to study the global structure and large-scale interactions of magnetospheric and ionospheric regions during different levels of solar and geomagnetic activity.
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2. Space Studies Board and the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council, Assessment of Programs in Solar and Space Physics -- 1991, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1991.
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4. Space Science Board, National Research Council, The Role of Theory in Space Science, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1983.
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