FG: Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures

Co-chairs:

Hui Zhang, University of Alaska Fairbanks (hzhang@gi.alaska.edu)

Q.-G. Zong, University of Massachusetts Lowell (Qiugang_Zong@uml.edu)

Michael Ruohoniemi, Virginia Polytechnic and State University (mikeruo@vt.edu)

David Murr, Augsburg College (murrdl@augsburg.edu)

The "Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures" focus group will employ both observations and simulations to investigate the transient phenomena at the magnetopause and bow shock and their ground signatures. The goal of this focus group is to provide a fundamental physical understanding of the transient phenomena at the magnetopause and bow shock including magnetic reconnection, FTEs, and Hot Flow Anomalies. This focus group encourages participation from communities interested in spacecraft observations (e.g., THEMIS and Cluster), ground-based observations (all-sky camera, radar, magnetometer), and global simulations. Coordinated multi-point observations are especially encouraged. This focus group is unique in the sense that it connects phenomena in regions ranging from the distant solar wind, bow shock, magnetosheath, and magnetosphere, all the way down to the ionosphere. Thus it will attract participation from a broad community including CEDAR and SHINE who do not normally interact.