| Session Details | |
| Section | ST - Solar & Terrestrial Sciences |
| Session Title | Radiation Belt Physics In The Sun-Earth Connection Context |
| Main Convener | Prof. Binbin Ni (Wuhan University, China) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Qiugang Zong (Peking University, China) Prof. Fuliang Xiao (Changsha University of Science and Technology, China) Dr. Yoshizumi Miyoshi (Nagoya University, Japan) Dr. Jun Liang (University of Calgary, Canada) |
| Session Description | It is of both scientific and practical interest to approach comprehensive understanding of the dynamic variability and long-term climatology of Earth’s radiation belts. A variety of physical processes have been established to contribute to the transport, acceleration, and loss of radiation belt energetic particles from hundreds of eV to tens of MeV, in which wave-particle interactions are well recognized to play an essential role. While radiation belt modeling has become more mature along with improved knowledge of Sun-Earth system connection, geo-space environment, magnetic storm / substorm consequences, and global plasma, particle and wave distributions, the roles of various processes of wave-particle interaction in radiation belt physics remain not fully resolved and merit deeper investigation. This session solicits presentations that look into quantitative contributions of various plasma waves to the radiation belt physics and that investigate solar wind impacts on radiation belt weather and climatology. We encourage results utilizing measurements from the full suite of Heliospheric satellites, particularly missions such as Van Allen Probes, CLUSTER, THEMIS, MMS, POES, GOES, CubeSat missions, and coordinated modeling efforts that may shed new light on dynamic responses of Earth's radiation belts to solar and geomagnetic activities. We also welcome presentations related to plasma wave studies that the upcoming ERG satellite will investigate. |