| Session Details | |
| Section | ST - Solar & Terrestrial Sciences |
| Session Title | Causes and Consequences of Magnetospheric Particle Losses |
| Main Convener | Dr. Weichao Tu (West Virginia University, United States) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Binbin Ni (Wuhan University, China) Dr. Mei-Ching Fok (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States) Dr. Hong Zhao (University of Colorado Boulder, United States) |
| Session Description | Particle losses act as one of the dominant processes showing the dynamic variations of magnetospheric particles (e.g., radiation belts, ring current, and plasma sheet). Both losses through the magnetopause and to the atmosphere are important to understand the drives of particle losses, in which wave-particle interactions play a fundamental role. Along with the accumulation of in situ quality data from growing spacecraft missions and the development of sophisticated models, a variety of advances have been achieved for improved understanding of the context, causes, and consequences of magnetospheric particle losses. This session solicits presentations that feature recent progresses made from the perspectives of both ground-based and satellite experimental observations, as well as theoretical investigations, to comprehend the losses of energetic (> 1 keV) to relativistic energy electrons, the losses of ring current ions, and the effects of these loss processes on the magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere coupling system. We encourage results utilizing measurements from existing ground, balloon or space based experiments and coordinated modeling and theoretical efforts that may shed new light on dynamic losses of magnetospheric particles under various solar and geomagnetic conditions. |