Open AccessEnergy transfer in the Earth‐Sun System
Author(s) -
Lui A. T. Y.,
Kamide Y.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2007eo080009
Subject(s) - space weather , energy exchange , solar wind , energy (signal processing) , interplanetary spaceflight , space (punctuation) , thermosphere , solar energy , meteorology , computer science , ionosphere , astrobiology , aerospace engineering , environmental science , physics , astronomy , engineering , atmospheric sciences , electrical engineering , quantum mechanics , magnetic field , operating system
The goal of this conference, which was supported by several agencies and organizations, was to provide a forum for physicists engaged in the Earth‐Sun system as well as in laboratory experiments to discuss and exchange knowledge and ideas on physical processes involving energy transfer. The motivation of the conference stemmed from the following realization: Space assets form an important fabric of our society, performing functions such as television broadcasting, cell‐phone communication, navigation, and remote monitoring of tropospheric weather. There is increasing awareness of how much our daily activities can be adversely affected by space disturbances stretching all the way back to the Sun. In some of these energetic phenomena, energy in various forms can propagate long distances from the solar surface to the interplanetary medium and eventually to the Earth's immediate space environment, namely, its magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere. In addition, transformation of energy can take place in these space disturbances, allowing chargedparticle energy to be transformed to electromagnetic energy or vice versa. In‐depth understanding of energy transformation and transmission in the Earth‐Sun system will foster the identification of physical processes responsible for space disturbances and the prediction of their occurrences and effects. Participants came from 15 countries.