| Session Details | |
| Section | ST - Solar & Terrestrial Sciences |
| Session Title | Waves and Turbulence in the Solar Atmosphere and Heliosphere |
| Main Convener | Dr. Jiansen He (Peking University, China) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Bo Li (Shandong University, China) Dr. De-Jin Wu (Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academay of Sciences, China) Dr. Elizabeth Jensen (Planetary Science Institute, United States) |
| Session Description | Waves and turbulence in the solar atmosphere and heliosphere are a critical topic from the perspective of both solar physics and space physics. Remote-sensing observations have recently identified all three types of Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves in the solar atmosphere. Numerical MHD simulations are also upgraded to investigate how they are generated and dissipated. Meanwhile, the possible roles of kinetic waves in the solar atmosphere are explored theoretically and their applications to the observed phenomena are also discussed. Solar wind turbulence in interplanetary space continues to be intensively investigated, with remarkable observational and theoretical progresses in terms of wave-vector anisotropy, nature of turbulence at kinetic scales, intermittent heating, and so on. Solar wind models are also improved to involve more realistic features of waves and turbulence. In this session, we solicit contributions on both observational analysis and theoretical modeling of the solar atmosphere and heliosphere in general, those on dynamics at scales much smaller than traditionally handled in the MHD framework in particular. We hope to get a comprehensive overview of what we have known about the waves and turbulence, and to discuss the possible innovations and breakthroughs in the future. |