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The OPEN Program: An Example of the Scientific Rationale for Future Solar-Terrestrial Research Programs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

D. J. Williams
D. J. Williams*
Affiliation:
NOAA Space Environment Laboratory Boulder, Colorado 80303

Abstract

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The field of solar-terrestrial physics has evolved to a point where quantitative theoretical modeling and cause-effect predictive techniques can be foreseen. Instrumentation now exists to quantitatively test these theories and lead to a significant improvement in our understanding of the solar-terrestrial environment. The proposed Origins of Plasma in the Earth's Neighborhood (OPEN) program will be used to trace this theoretical and experimental evolution and describe a solar-terrestrial research scenario for the 1980's which includes specific problems related to solar and interplanetary dynamics.

Type
Part VII. Future Directions
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 91: Solar and Interplanetary Dynamics , 1980 , pp. 507 - 522
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980 

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