The Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere system is coupled through both electrodynamic effects (e.g. field-aligned currents, convection flows, and Joule heating) and escape processes (e.g. ion and neutral upwelling, wave heating, and ambipolar electric fields). Magnetospheric inputs such as particle precipitation play a major role in the resulting ionospheric conductances and ionospheric escape, which in turn affect magnetospheric processes. Ongoing research seeks to quantify, understand, and model feedback these effects throughout the system. The upcoming GDC mission will enable new understanding of the role of the thermosphere plays in these processes. The candidate will engage in research involving theory, data analysis, and/or modeling studies of electrodynamics or ionospheric escape within the magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere coupled system.
Location:
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
Field of Science:Heliophysics Science
Advisors:
Katherine Garcia-Sage
katherine.garcia-sage@nasa.gov
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Hyunju Kim Connor
Hyunju.k.connor@nasa.gov
301.286.7417
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