| Session Details | |
| Section | ST - Solar & Terrestrial Sciences |
| Session Title | Storm-dependent Inner Magnetospheric Dynamics |
| Main Convener | Prof. Xinlin Li (University of Colorado, United States) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Yoshizumi Miyoshi (Nagoya University, Japan) Dr. Hee-Jeong Kim (Kyung Hee University, Korea, South) |
| Session Description | By definition, ring current has its largest enhancements during magnetic storms. Similarly, plasmasphere and radiation belts also have their largest variations during magnetic storms. The causes of magnetic storms are traced back to solar disturbances, such as coronal mass ejections (CMEs), interplanetary shocks, and high speed solar wind streams. Even for similar solar wind conditions, there are no identical storms. Each storm has its own characteristics. For example, recent studies show that the acceleration mechanisms for outer radiation belt electrons are storm-depedent: in one storm, the enhancement of outer radiation belt electrons can be well explained by inward radial diffusion while in situ acceleration (violating the first adiabatic invariant) has to be invoked to explain the enhancement of the outer belt electrons during another storm. As a result of new global and multiple-point observations from CLUSTER, Double-Star, IMAGE, Akebono, Polar, SAMPEX, THEMIS, and in conjunction with many spacecraft at geosynchronous orbit, as well as ground-networks such as magnetometers, SuperDARN HF radars, a view on the storm-dependent dynamics in the inner magnetosphere is converging. This special session provides a forum to discuss the detailed process of this important topic: storm-dependent dynamics in the inner magnetosphere. We seek contributions of papers on satellite and ground based observations as well as theory/modeling to this session. |