| Session Details | |
| Section | ST - Solar & Terrestrial Sciences |
| Session Title | Inner and outer magnetospheric dynamics |
| Main Convener | Prof. Qiugang Zong (Peking University, China) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Yusuke Ebihara (Kyoto University, Japan) Dr. Mei-Ching Fok (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States) Dr. Anthony Lui (Johns Hopkins University, United States) Prof. Zuyin Pu (Peking University, China) |
| Session Description | The inner magnetosphere occupies a prominent place connecting the upstream solar wind, magnetotail and the underneath ionosphere. Residing in its domain are the radiation belts, the ring current, and plasmasphere. The interest in the inner magnetosphere is heightened by the successful launch of the Van Allen Probes (RBSP) in August 2012. This mission plus several on-going missions such as Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS), Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions During Substorms (THEMIS), Two Wide-Angle Imaging Neutral-Atom Spectrometers (TWINS), Cluster, Geosynchronous satellites (Los Alamos satellites and Geostationary Operational Environment satellites (GOES)) furnish a rare opportunity to advance our understanding of the physical processes in the inner magnetosphere and its linkage to other space plasma domains. All research approaches to probe the inner magnetosphere dynamics are solicited for this special session. Conveners: Qiugang Zong, Yusuke Ebihara, Mei-Ching Fok |