| Session Details | |
| Section | ST - Solar & Terrestrial Sciences |
| Session Title | Complexity and Self-organization in Solar, Magnetospheric and Heliospheric Phenomena |
| Main Convener | Prof. Gwang-Son Choe (Kyung Hee University, Korea, South) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Wing Yee Sunny Tam (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan) Prof. James Wanliss (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, United States) |
| Session Description | Most processes in the solar-planetary environment are inherently nonlinear. The nonlinearity often endows phenomena occurring in the sun, the planetary magnetospheres and the heliosphere with self-similarity in highly disparate spatial and temporal scales. Previously, the self-similarity had mostly been revealed in a statistical manner. Recently, observations and simulations started to present visible examples of self-similarity in different scales although in many cases the observable scales are not so widely spread as to be treated statistically. Space plasma systems usually develop structural complexity (self-similarity in disparate scales) during dynamic evolutions. Examples of this self-organization are also being observed in diverse phenomena. Among them, systems undergoing magnetic reconnection are most referred to. This session invites papers on the broad spectrum of topics related to complexity and self-organization in solar, magnetospheric and heliospheric phenomena. These may include, but are not limited to, solar eruptions, geomagnetic substorms, solar wind turbulence, etc. Particularly welcomed are papers showing concrete and visible examples of self-similarity and self-organization. |