International Conference on Substorms ICS-6
university of washington, seattle, washington, usa
March 25-29, 2002
Conference Themes
- What are the observational and theoretical particle/kinetic signatures for substorm processes?
- particle acceleration processes - boundary layer processes vs bulk heating
- ionospheric signatures of magnetospheric particle acceleration
- manifestations of current sheet dynamics
- role of reconnection in substorms - is reconnection a necessary condition for substorm onset or just manifestation?
- new insights from Cluster 2
- What are signatures of substorm ionospheric processes in the magnetosphere?
- how do the structures seen at low altitudes reflect substorm development in the magnetosphere?
- what are the magnetospheric signatures of Alfven resonance heating, and ionospheric outflows and mass loading?
- what is the relationship between fast local processes versus and the global reconfiguration
- New insights from IMAGE
- What are the macroscopic manifestations of ionospheric/magnetospheric coupling?
- are there differences between quiet time and active time substorms, or in other words is there feedback between the ionosphere and magnetosphere?
- are there asymmetries produced by summer/winter hemispheric differences?
- what is the influence of the formation, injection and loss of energetic particle populations in the overall development of a substorm?
- What are space weather effects, from the heating of the upper atmosphere, to the modification of the ionosphere and inner magnetosphere associated with solar wind drivers, and insights provided by global modeling?
- Analysis of event studies that might have direct bearing on any of the above topic areas.