ESA Science & Technology - TAIKONG, issue 9 - Link between solar wind, magnetosphere, and ionosphere

Publication date: 02 September 2016

Journal: TAIKONG
Issue: 9
Year: 2016

Copyright: International Space Science Institute - Beijing

This issue of the ISSI-BJ Magazine 'TAIKONG' provides an overview of the scientific objectives and the overall design of the SMILE project, including spacecraft and instrumentation, as discussed during the two-day forum "The Link between Solar Wind, Magnetosphere, Ionosphere", which was held on 6-7 July 2016 in Beijing, China.

Contents:

• Foreword
• Introduction
• Global measurements and the solar wind-magnetosphere interaction
• A novel method to image the magnetosphere
• Aurora and substorm
• Cusp dynamics
• Modeling solar wind-magnetosphere interaction and field of view
• SMILE scientific objectives and mission overview
• Summary and recommendations