Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere (AIM) Section

Research goal: Understand the processes affecting the dynamical, electrodynamical, thermodynamical, and chemical conditions in the Earth's upper atmosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere; understand the couplings of these regions to the interplanetary medium and the lower atmosphere, and their response to the Sun's variable radiative, particulate and magnetic emissions.

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Severe Space Weather
Modeling the Impact of Severe Space Weather

14 December 2011:
Space physicist, Mike Wiltberger
—New simulations from the Coupled Magnetosphere Ionosphere Thermosphere model offer an improved view of the dynamic charged-material exchanges generated during magnetic storms.
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