Over a half century of exploration of the Earths space environment, it has become evident that the interaction between the ionosphere and the magnetosphere plays a dominant role in the evolution and dynamics of magnetospheric plasmas and fields. Interestingly, it was recently discovered that this same interaction is of fundamental importance at other planets and moons throughout the solar system. Based on papers presented at an interdisciplinary AGU Chapman Conference at Yosemite National Park in February 2014, this volume provides an intellectual and visual journey through our exploration and discovery of the paradigm-changing role that the ionosphere plays in determining the filling and dynamics of Earth and planetary environments. The 2014 Chapman conference marks the 40th anniversary of the initial magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling conference at Yosemite in 1974, and thus gives a four decade perspective of the progress of space science research in understanding these fundamental coupling processes. Digital video links to an online archive containing both the 1974 and 2014 meetings are presented throughout this volume for use as an historical resource by the international heliophysics and planetary science communities.
Topics covered in this volume include:
Ionosphere as a source of magnetospheric plasmaEffects of the low energy ionospheric plasma on the stability and creation of the more energetic plasmasThe unified global modeling of the ionosphere and magnetosphere at the Earth and other planetsNew knowledge of these coupled interactions for heliophysicists and planetary scientists, with a cross-disciplinary approach involving advanced measurement and modeling techniques
Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling in the Solar System is a valuable resource for researchers in the fields of space and planetary science, atmospheric science, space physics, astronomy, and geophysics.Read an interview with the editors to find out more:https://eos.org/editors-vox/filling-earths-space-environment-from-the-sun-or-the-earth
Contributors ix
Prologue xvii
Acknowledgments xxi
Part I Introduction
Video J. L. Burch (1974) with Remarks by C. R. Chappell (2014)URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15142/T3C30S
1 Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling, Past to FutureJames L. Burch 3
Part II The Earth's Ionosphere as a Source
Video W. I. Axford (1974) with Remarks by P. M. Banks (2014)URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15142/T35K5N
2 Measurements of Ion Outflows from the Earth's IonosphereAndrew W. Yau, William K. Peterson, and Takumi Abe 21
3 Low-energy Ion Outflow Observed by Cluster: Utilizing the Spacecraft PotentialS. Haaland, M. Andre, A. Eriksson, K. Li, H. Nilsson, L. Baddeley, C. Johnsen, L. Maes, B. Lybekk, and A. Pedersen 33
Video W. B. Hanson (1974) with Remarks by R. A. Heelis (2014)URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15142/T31S3Q
4 Advances in Understanding Ionospheric Convection at High LatitudesR. A. Heelis 49
5 Energetic and Dynamic Coupling of the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere SystemGang Lu 61
Video R. G. Johnson (1974) with Remarks by C. R. Chappell (2014)URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15142/T3X30R
6 The Impact of O+ on Magnetotail DynamicsLynn M. Kistler 79
7 Thermal and Low-energy Ion Outflows in and through the Polar Cap: The Polar Wind and the Low-energy Component of the Cleft Ion FountainNaritoshi Kitamura, Kanako Seki, Yukitoshi Nishimura, Takumi Abe, Manabu Yamada, Shigeto Watanabe, Atsushi Kumamoto, Atsuki Shinbori, and Andrew W. Yau 91
8 Ionospheric and Solar Wind Contributions to Magnetospheric Ion Density and Temperature throughout the MagnetotailMichael W. Liemohn and Daniel T. Welling 101
Part III The Effect of Low-energy Plasma on the Stability of Energetic Plasmas
Video (1974) and Remarks (2014) by R. M. ThorneURL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15142/T3HS32
9 How Whistler-Mode Waves and Thermal Plasma Density Control the Global Distribution of the Diffuse Aurora and the Dynamical Evolution of Radiation Belt ElectronsRichard M. Thorne, Jacob Bortnik, Wen Li, Lunjin Chen, Binbin Ni, and Qianli Ma 117
10 Plasma Wave Measurements from the Van Allen ProbesGeorge B. Hospodarsky, W. S. Kurth, C. A. Kletzing, S. R. Bounds, O. Santolik, Richard M. Thorne, Wen Li, T. F. Averkamp, J. R. Wygant, and J. W. Bonnell 127
Video D. J. Williams (1974) with Remarks by L. J. Lanzerotti (2014)URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15142/T3GW2D
11 Ring Current Ions Measured by the RBSPICE Instrument on the Van Allen Probes MissionLouis J. Lanzerotti and Andrew J. Gerrard 145
12 Global Modeling of Wave Generation Processes in the Inner MagnetosphereVania K. Jordanova 155
Part IV Unified Global Modeling of Ionosphere and Magnetosphere at Earth
Video P. M. Banks (1974) with Remarks by R. W. Schunk (2014)URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15142/T30W22
13 Modeling Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling via Ion Outflow: Past, Present, and FutureR. W. Schunk 169
14 Coupling the Generalized Polar Wind Model to Global Magnetohydrodynamics: Initial ResultsDaniel T. Welling, Abdallah R. Barakat, J. Vincent Eccles, R. W. Schunk, and Charles R. Chappell 179
Video D. H. Fairfield (1974) with Remarks by J. A. Slavin (2014)URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15142/T38C78
15 Coupling Ionospheric Outflow into Magnetospheric Models: Transverse Heating from Wave-Particle InteractionsAlex Glocer 195
16 Modeling of the Evolution of Storm-Enhanced Density Plume during the 24 to 25 October 2011 Geomagnetic StormShasha Zou and Aaron J. Ridley 205
Video (1974) and Remarks by R. A. Wolf (2014)URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15142/T34K5B
17 Forty-Seven Years of the Rice Convection ModelR. A. Wolf, R. W. Spiro, S. Sazykin, F. R. Toffoletto, and J. Yang 215
18 Magnetospheric Model Performance during Conjugate AuroraWilliam Longley, Patricia Reiff, Jone Peter Reistad, and Nikolai Ostgaard 227
Video C. G. Park (1974) with Remarks by D. L. Carpenter (2014)URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15142/T3NK50
19 Day-to-Day Variability of the Quiet-Time Plasmasphere Caused by Thermosphere WindsJonathan Krall, Joseph D. Huba, Douglas P. Drob, Geoff Crowley, and Richard E. Denton 235
Part V The Coupling of the Ionosphere and Magnetosphere at Other Planets and Moons in the Solar System
Video (1974) and Remarks (2014) by A. F. NagyURL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15142/T3RC7M
20 Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling at Planets and SatellitesThomas E. Cravens 245
21 Plasma Measurements at Non-Magnetic Solar System BodiesAndrew J. Coates 259
Video F. V. Coroniti (1976) with Remarks by M. G. Kivelson (2014)URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15142/T3W30F
22 Plasma Wave Observations with Cassini at SaturnGeorge B. Hospodarsky, J. D. Menietti, D. Pi¨a, W. S. Kurth, D. A. Gurnett, A. M. Persoon, J. S. Leisner, and T. F. Averkamp 277
23 Titan's Interaction with Saturn's MagnetosphereJoseph H. Westlake, Thomas E. Cravens, Robert E. Johnson, Stephen A. Ledvina, Janet G. Luhmann, Donald G. Mitchell, Matthew S. Richard, Ilkka Sillanpaa, Sven Simon, Darci Snowden, J. Hunter Waite, Jr., and Adam K.Woodson 291
Part VI The Unified Modeling of the Ionosphere and Magnetosphere at Other Planets and Moons in the Solar System
Video T. W. Hill and P. H. Reiff (1976) with Remarks by T. W. Hill (2014)URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15142/T37C7Z
24 Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling at Jupiter and SaturnThomas W. Hill 309
25 Global MHD Modeling of the Coupled Magnetosphere-Ionosphere System at SaturnXianzhe Jia, Margaret G. Kivelson, and Tamas I. Gombosi 319
Video G. C. Reid (1976) with Remarks by R. L. McPherron (2014)URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15142/T3S888
26 Simulation Studies of Magnetosphere and Ionosphere Coupling in Saturn's MagnetosphereRaymond J. Walker and Keiichiro Fukazawa 335
27 Characterizing the Enceladus Torus by Its Contribution to Saturn's MagnetosphereYing-Dong Jia, Hanying Wei, and Christopher T. Russell 345
Part VII Future Directions for Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling Research
Video E. R. Schmerling and L. D. Kavanagh (1974) with Remarks by P. M. Banks (2014) and J. R. Doupnik (2014)URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15142/T3MK5P
28 Future Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Coupling Study RequirementsThomas E. Moore, Kevin S. Brenneman, Charles R. Chappell, James H. Clemmons, Glyn A. Collinson, Christopher Cully, Eric Donovan, Gregory D. Earle, Daniel J. Gershman, R. A. Heelis, Lynn M. Kistler, Larry Kepko, George Khazanov, David J. Knudsen, Marc Lessard, Elizabeth A. MacDonald, Michael J. Nicolls, Craig J.Pollock, Robert Pfaff, Douglas E. Rowland, Ennio Sanchez, R. W. Schunk, Joshua Semeter, Robert J.Strangeway, and Jeffrey Thayer 357
DOI List 377
Index 379