Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0210049

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0210049

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

COUPLING OF SOLAR WIND ENERGY INTO THE EARTH'S ENVIRONMENT. We will investigate energy transfer from the solar wind to the Earth's space environment, and down to low altitudes. The coupling occurs via reconnection between geomagnetic and interplanetary field lines, ultra-low frequency waves, and momentum transfer. Signatures of these processes include perturbations in the ionosphere and the geomagnetic field and these will be examined using ionospheric radars and sounders (in Tasmania, Antarctica, Canada and Alaska) and magnetometers (Antarctica and Alaska). Space weather can profoundly affect satellite, radio and terrestrial communication networks and observations of the type described here are essential to the development of realistic space weather models.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 31-01-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $580,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Astronomical and Space Sciences | Ionospheric And Magnetospheric Physics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Physical sciences |

Other Keywords

Astronomical and Space Sciences | Ionospheric And Magnetospheric Physics | Physical sciences

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