Yosemite conference on ionospheric plasma in the magnetosphere: sources, mechanisms and consequences, meeting report

Conference · Sun Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6460421

Gallagher, D L; Burch, J L; Klumpar, D M; Moore, T E; Waite, Jr, J H

The sixth biennial Yosemite topical conference and the first as a Chapman Conference was held on February 3 to 6, 1986. Although the solar wind was once thought to dominate the supply of plasma in the Earth's magnetosphere, it is now thought that the Earth's ionosphere is a significant contributor. Polar wind and other large volume outflows of plasma have been seen at relatively high altitudes over the polar cap and are now being correlated with outflows found in the magnetotail. The auroral ion fountain and cleft ion fountain are examples of ionospheric sources of plasma in the magnetosphere, observed by the Dynamics Explorer 1 (DE 1) spacecraft. The conference was organized into six sessions: four consisting of prepared oral presentations, one poster session, and one session for open forum discussion. The first three oral sessions dealt separately with the three major topics of the conference, i.e., the sources, mechanisms, and consequences of ionospheric plasma in the magnetosphere. A special session of invited oral presentations was held to discuss extraterrestrial ionospheric/magnetospheric plasma processes. The poster session was extended over two evenings during which presenters discussed their papers on a one-on-one basis. The last session of the conferences was reserved for open discussions of those topics or ideas considered most interesting or controversial.

• Research Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Huntsville, AL (USA). George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
• OSTI ID: 6460421
• Report Number(s): N-87-20689; NASA-TM-86589; NAS-1.15:86589; CONF-8602133-Summ.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

640201* -- Atmospheric Physics-- Auroral
Ionospheric
& Magetospheric Phenomena
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
EARTH MAGNETOSPHERE
INTERACTIONS
ION SOURCES
IONOSPHERE
MEETINGS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PLANETARY IONOSPHERES
PLASMA
PLASMA PRODUCTION
PLASMASPHERE
POLAR REGIONS
SOLAR ACTIVITY
SOLAR WIND