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ILWS and Finland. Hannu Koskinen. ILWS science in Finland. Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki Magnetospheres and ionospheres Solar wind University of Helsinki Solar activity and solar effects on magnetospheres University of Turku Solar energetic particles
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ILWS and Finland Hannu Koskinen
ILWS science in Finland • Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki • Magnetospheres and ionospheres • Solar wind • University of Helsinki • Solar activity and solar effects on magnetospheres • University of Turku • Solar energetic particles • University of Oulu (incl. SGO) • Solar physics, magnetosphere, ionosphere Finland and ILWS
Present ILWS activities in Finland • Space • SOHO • Cluster • Ground • MIRACLE • EISCAT and SuperDARN • Simulations • GUMICS-4 • Space weather • EU COST 724 • Effects on ground • GPS disturbances Finland and ILWS
Hybrid simulation variants for planetary plasma environments FMI space plasma simulations Finland and ILWS
Finnish involvement in new ILWS missions • BepiColombo • Solar X-ray emissions • Solar wind - planetary interactions • Solar Orbiter • Energetic particles • Cosmic Vision 2015 – 2025 proposals • WARP (FMI lead, Tuija Pulkkinen) • Cross-Scale (strong support) • Participation in several other proposals (e.g.,IHP, EVE, Jupiter/Europa, …) Finland and ILWS
WARP: Waves and relativistic particles • Four S/C constellation • 6000 km x 36000 km • equatorial (i 10 – 20 deg.) • 100 – 500 km separation • Focus on details of the inner magnetospheric physics • Full fields and particles suite on each satellite Finland and ILWS
WARP: Ultimate science goal Understanding of the production of the MeV electrons in the inner magnetosphere How do plasma waves drive electron and ion acceleration, transport and loss processes ? How do the perpendicular and parallel current systems couple to plasma pressure anisotropies and gradients on the thermal ion scale ? What is the role of the structuring of EM fields and low-energy plasma environment on the distribution of the most important wave modes ? Finland and ILWS
WARP and ILWS • Lead proposer: Tuija Pulkkinen, FMI • Participants from: • Austria, Belgium, Czech, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Sweden, UK • a good overlapping with the Cross-Scale community • Inner magnetosphere focus • different from Cluster, Themis, MMS, Cross-Scale, … • Local 4-point observations • different from RBSB, Orbitals, ERG, Resonance,… Finland and ILWS
Ground-based ionospheric observations:The backbone of Finnish ILWS science Finland and ILWS
Miscellaneous • IHY • Some PR activities • e.g., IHY Open Doors Day, June 10,2007 • great success, owing to a simultaneous rock concert of 60000 audience in the same park • IPY better recognized in Finland • Health of ILWS science community • Active and relatively young science community with expertise from solar eruptions to space weather effects on ground • Problems with national instrument funding • the next challenge: Solar Orbiter Finland and ILWS