FG: Magnetospheric Sources of Particle Precipitation and Their Role on Electrodynamic Coupling of Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Systems

Focus Group Chairs

Dogacan Su Ozturk -- University of Alaska Fairbanks
Dong Lin -- High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Yiqun Yu -- Beihang University
Katherine Garcia-Sage -- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Stephen Kaeppler -- Clemson University

Focus Group Goals

To advance the physical knowledge and improve the numerical modelling of:
The magnetospheric particle precipitation (precipitation mechanism and characteristics, magnetospheric origin, auroral forms).
The effects of particle precipitation on the ionospheric electrodynamics, with an emphasis on the ionospheric conductance.
Response of the I-T system to precipitation and its feedback to the Magnetosphere.