HR: 1330h
AN: SH42A-0481    [PDF]
TI: Living with a Star: Opportunities for Geospace Science
AU: * Giles, B
EM: barbara.giles@nasa.gov
AF: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 600, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: St. Cyr, C
EM: orville.c.stcyr@nasa.gov
AF: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 600, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Mauk, B
EM: barry.mauk@jhuapl.edu
AF: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 John Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723 United States
AU: Zanetti, L
EM: larry.zanetti@jhuapl.edu
AF: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 John Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723 United States
AU: Guhathakurta, M
EM: mguhatha@mail.hq.nasa.gov
AF: NASA Headquarters, Code S, Washington, DC 20546 United States
AB: In a report released in September of 2002, a NASA appointed panel presented recommendations for the science and implementation goals for the Geospace Project of the Living with a Star (LWS) Program. The primary objective of the project is to: Understand and characterize the effect of solar variability on those geospace phenomena that most affect life and society. The purpose of this presentation is to present to the Sun-Earth Connections science community the framework of the Geospace Missions as NASA plans to implement them, to solicit comments and suggestions from the community, and to provide information on the plans for, and opportunities for participation in, the Geospace element of Living With a Star. NASA plans to deploy a focused set of small spacecraft, instruments on missions of opportunity, collaborations with other programs, and related theory, modeling and data mining activities. The spacecraft would be launched in 2008 and 2010 and would perform sets of inner magnetospheric and ionospheric observations over the next solar maximum when the Earth's near space environment will be most disturbed. Discussion emphasis will be placed upon the measurement requirements and mission characteristics.
UR: http://lws.gsfc.nasa.gov
DE: 2431 Ionosphere/magnetosphere interactions (2736)
DE: 2437 Ionospheric dynamics
DE: 2439 Ionospheric irregularities
DE: 2720 Energetic particles, trapped
DE: 2778 Ring current
SC: SPA - Solar and Heliospheric Physics [SH]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting