FG: Magnetotail Dipolarization and Its Effects on the Inner Magnetosphere
Focus Group Chairs
Christine Gabrielse -- The Aerospace Corporation ----------- contact: christine.gabrielse at aero.org
Matina Gkioulidou --- John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
Drew Turner ---------- John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
Slava Merkin --------- John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
David Malaspina ----- LASP, University of Colorado
Focus Group Science Topic
The overarching goal of this focus group is to utilize both in situ and ground-based observations alongside state-of-the-art models and theory to better incorporate magnetotail dipolarizations in global stand-alone and coupled magnetospheric models, refining our conceptual models of this phenomenon and examining its
impacts on the inner magnetosphere.
In our pursuit of that goal, we plan to work with the community in formulating and investigating science questions that pertain to this focus group topic and its overarching goal, some examples of which include:
- What are the mechanisms responsible for both elementary and global magnetotail dipolarizations and are they captured by current state-of-the-art models?
- What is the role of reconnection and/or other plasma instabilities in producing elementary magnetotail dipolarizations?
- What is the relationship, if any exists, between elementary magnetotail dipolarizations and more global dipolarization during substorms?
- What is the role of elementary magnetotail dipolarizations in:
- enhancements of the ring current?
- creating the seed electron population for the radiation belts?
- the generation of different wave modes (e.g., ULF, chorus, hiss, EMIC, equatorial noise, etc.) in the inner magnetosphere?
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