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Expected Benefits of the Recommended Program
Pages 28-29

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... New observatories -- such as the Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Advanced Modular Incoherent Scatter Radar in Alaska -- vastly improved the spatial and temporal resolution with which we study the Sun-Earth environment. Highlights from the past decade include new insights into the variability of the mechanisms that generate the Sun's magnetic field; a new understanding of the unexpectedly deep minimum in solar activity; significant progress in understanding the origin and evolution of the solar wind; striking advances in understanding of both explosive solar flares and the coronal mass ejections that drive space weather; and new imaging methods that permit direct observations of the space weather-driven changes in the particles and magnetic fields surrounding Earth and similar advances in remotely sensing the boundaries of the heliosphere; new under standing of the ways that space storms are fueled by oxygen origi nating in Earth's own atmosphere; and the surprising discovery that conditions in near-Earth space are linked strongly to the terrestrial weather and climate below.
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... Advances Expected From New Programs and Missions •  he DRIVE initiative will greatly strengthen our ability to accomplish innovative observational, theoret T ical, numerical, modeling, and technological advances. •  new funding line for mid-size projects at the National Science Foundation will facilitate long-recom A mended ground-based projects, such as FASR and COSMO, by closing the programmatic funding gap between large and small programs.
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