| Session Details | |
| Section | ST - Solar & Terrestrial Sciences |
| Session Title | Solar Wind Disturbances and Their Interactions with the Earth's Magnetosphere |
| Main Convener | Prof. Jih-Hong Shue (National Central University, Taiwan) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Jana Safrankova (Charles University, Czech Republic) Dr. Steven Petrinec (Lockheed Martin ATC, United States) Prof. Xiaohua Deng (Nanchang University, China) Prof. Maha Ashour-Abdalla (Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States) Prof. L.-N. Hau (National Central University, Taiwan) Prof. L.-N. Hau (National Central University, Taiwan) Dr. Tatsuki Ogino (Nagoya University, Japan) Prof. Raymond Walker (UCLA, United States) |
| Session Description | Solar wind disturbances, including high-speed streams, magnetic clouds, density enhancements, interplanetary discontinuities and shocks, originate from the Sun or are produced in their course to the Earth. These solar wind disturbances first encounter the bow shock, and then propagate through the magnetosheath with their original properties altered by the bow shock, and finally interact with the magnetosphere. Some of the disturbances can have a significant influence on the geospace environment. In this session, we will focus on the properties of various solar wind disturbances and responses of the magnetosheath and magnetosphere to these disturbances, using experimental results or theoretical models. Weak solar wind disturbances (such as extremely low solar wind density) and radial interplanetary magnetic field, and their associated magnetosheath and magnetospheric responses are also of interest for this session. |