Magnetospheric-Ionospheric coupling

The purpose of WP 1400 Magnetosphere-Ionosphere coupling is to study the processes at the base of many phenomena relevant to Space Weather, as it drives the exchange of energy and momentum and crucially contributes to the energy budget of the ionosphere.

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Map of field-aligned Alfvénic Poynting flux on the z = 2 RE plane for an MFLFM run with no ionospheric outflow. From Wiltberger 2010