A User’s Guide to the Magnetically Connected Space Weather System: A Brief Review

This article provides a concise review of the main physical structures and processes involved in space weather’s interconnected systems, emphasizing the critical roles played by magnetic topology and connectivity. The review covers solar drivers of space weather activity, the heliospheric environmen...

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Published in:Frontiers in astronomy and space sciences 2022-01, Vol.8
Main Authors: Beedle, Jason M. H., Rura, Christopher E., Simpson, David G., Cohen, Hale I., Moraes Filho, Valmir P., Uritsky, Vadim M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Earth’s magnetosphere
geomagnetic storms
heliosphere
solar wind
space weather
Sun
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Summary:This article provides a concise review of the main physical structures and processes involved in space weather’s interconnected systems, emphasizing the critical roles played by magnetic topology and connectivity. The review covers solar drivers of space weather activity, the heliospheric environment, and the magnetospheric response, and is intended to address a growing cross-disciplinary audience interested in applied aspects of modern space weather research and forecasting. The review paper includes fundamental facts about the structure of space weather subsystems and special attention is paid to extreme space weather events associated with major solar flares, large coronal mass ejections, solar energetic particle events, and intense geomagnetic perturbations and their ionospheric footprints. This paper aims to be a first step towards understanding the magnetically connected space weather system for individuals new to the field of space weather who are interested in the basics of the space weather system and how it affects our daily lives.
ISSN:2296-987X
2296-987X
DOI:10.3389/fspas.2021.786308