Solar Terrestrial Physics

Science projects in Solar Terrestrial Physics

NB: Please contact the people listed below for further information.

Plasma physics of the Terrestrial Magnetosphere (Hans Nilsson/M. Yamauchi)

Ion and neutral escape and relevant energization process
Ion dynamics in the magnetotail
Ion dynamics in the inner magnetosphere at L<6
H⁺-He⁺-O⁺ difference in the magnetospheric dynamics
magnetospheric/ionospheric future mission planning (ESCAPE, FF-MIT)

Space-weather effects (Lars Eliasson/Henrik Lundstedt/Peter Wintoft)

Nowcast (Observatory page and ALIS page)
Forecast (Henrik Lundstedt / Peter Wintoft)
Risk of extreme geomagnetic storms (Henrik Lundstedt / Peter Wintoft)
Long-term (>50 years) variation Sun-Earth coupling and solar cycle, including Speciality of current solar cycle #24 (Henrik Lundstedt / Peter Wintoft / M. Yamauchi)

Solar-Physics (PI: Henrik Lundstedt)

Optical auroral research: (Urban Brändström / Tima Sergienko)

Ground support using The Auroral Large Imaging System (ALIS) for SPIDER sounding rocket experiment
Diffuse aurora - structure, cause and magnetosphere-ionosphere interaction (Urban Brändström)
Ground support using The Auroral Large Imaging System (ALIS) for EISCAT Ionospheric heating experiment

Meteor research: (PI: Johan Kero)

Detection by radar
Detection by camera
Detection by infrasound
preparation for EISCAT 3D

Infrasonic research (Johan Kero)

ARISE2

Summary of past satellite projects and access to data

Other past and present satellites projects of STP:

• Double Star (TC-2) • Munin • Cluster-II • Cluster

• Astrid 2 • Astrid • Interball 2 • Interball 1

• Freja • Viking • Prognoz 8 • Prognoz 7

• Geos 2 • Geos 1 • Esro 4 • Esro 1b • Esro 1a

Created: 2004-11-23/UB. Last change: MY, 2015-03-19.