Raymond A. Greenwald, JHU/APL, ray.greenwald@jhuapl.edu
NIST Auditorium, 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Tuesday, June 27, 2000
Over the past several years, W. Jeff Hughes (Boston University) and myself have acted as convenors of a GEM Working Group devoted to the topic of magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling. The specific goals of this activity were to identify the impact of the ionosphere and ionospheric boundary conditions on the growth and evolution of magnetospheric processes. While it is often stated that the ionosphere is little more than a passive load on the magnetospheric system, the potential impact of the ionosphere may be much more significant. There are those who even believe that the ionospheric tail may be able to wag the magnetospheric dog.
At the GEM-2000 meeting, MI Coupling activities had matured to the point
that two working groups were formed to formulate GEM Campaigns devoted to
the topics of "Impact of Ionospheric Plasmas on Magnetospheric Processes"
and "Electrodynamics of MI Coupling". Particular attention has been given
to how these campaigns might improve the quality and performance of
large-scale MHD models. In this workshop, we will discuss the current
status and plans of these GEM campaigns and examine whether there is
complementary interest in the CEDAR community. We will also consider CEDAR
and CEDAR/TIMED research activities and evaluate how they might contribute
to our general understand of M-I/A Coupling. Topics under consideration
will include: