Recurrent Magnetic Storms: Corotating Solar Wind Streams(Geophysical Monograph Series)

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 167. This book reviews our current understanding of magnetic storms and geomagnetic activity that occur during the declining and the minimum phases of the solar (sunspot) cycle. From discussion of solar and interplanetary phenomena that affect the magnetosphere, ionosphere and atmosphere, with special focus on how underlying processes interact, readers will gain advanced perspectives on continuing research and new research needs. Recurrent Magnetic Storms: Corotating Solar Wind Streams sets the stage for evolving future explanations of fundamental response of the interplanetary and global systems to the sun. Scientists, researchers, and students who work in Magnetospheric Physics, Aeronomy, Solar and Interplanetary Physics, and who have specific interest in Space Weather phenomena, will find this book an important resource.

Table of Contents:
Preface Bruce T. Tsurutani, Robert L. McPherron, Walter D. Gonzalez, Gang Lu, José Humberto A. Sobral, and Nat Gopalswamy i Foreword Sir Arthur C. Clarke ix Magnetic Storms Caused by Corotating Solar Wind Streams Bruce T. Tsurutani, Robert L. McPherron, Walter D. Gonzalez, Gang Lu, Nat Gopalswamy, and Fernando L. Guarnieri  1 The Solar Wind: Then and Now Joseph V. Hollweg 19 The Role of Comet Tails in the Discovery of the Solar Wind and Its Spatial and Temporal Variations D. A. Mendis 31 The Formation of CIRs at Stream-Stream Interfaces and Resultant Geomagnetic Activity I. G. Richardson  45 The Freestream Turbulence Effect in Solar-Wind/Magnetosphere Coupling: Analysis Through the Solar Cycle and for Various Types of Solar Wind Joseph E. Borovsky and John T. Steinberg 59 Modeling the Behavior of Corotating Interaction Region Driven Storms in Comparison With Coronal Mass Ejection Driven Storms Vania K. Jordanova 77 Ring Current Behavior Inferred From Ground Magnetic and Space Observations F. Søraas, M. Sørbø, K. Aarsnes, and D. S. Evans 85 High-Speed Streams, Coronal Mass Ejections, and Interplanetary Shocks: A Comparative Study of Geoeffectiveness G. Lu 97 Energetics of Magnetic Storms Driven by Corotating Interaction Regions: A Study of Geoeffectiveness Niescja E. Turner, Elizabeth J. Mitchell, Delores J. Knipp, and Barbara A. Emery 113 The Solar Wind and Geomagnetic Activity as a Function of Time Relative to Corotating Interaction Regions Robert L. McPherron and James Weygand 125 The Role of Radial Transport in Accelerating Radiation Belt Electrons Xinlin Li  139 Mechanisms for the Acceleration of Radiation Belt Electrons Richard B. Horne, Nigel P. Meredith, Sarah A. Glauert, Athina Varotsou, Daniel Boscher, Richard M. Thorne, Yuri Y. Shprits, and Roger R. Anderson  151 Magnetospheric Energetics During HILDCAAs W. D. Gonzalez, F. L. Guarnieri, A. L. Clua-Gonzalez, E. Echer, M. V. Alves, T. Ogino, and B. T. Tsurutani  175 Energetic Neutral Atom Observations During Recurrent Magnetic Storms J.-M. Jahn and H. A. Elliott  183 Global Auroral Response to Interplanetary Media With Emphasis on Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Enhancements Kan Liou 197 IMF By and the Spatio-Temporal Structure of the Dayside Aurora P. E. Sandholt, C. J. Farrugia, E. J. Lund, and W. F. Denig 213 The Nature of Auroras During High-Intensity Long-Duration Continuous AE Activity (HILDCAA) Events: 1998 to 2001 F. L. Guarnieri 235 Dayside Ionospheric (GPS) Response to Corotating Solar Wind Streams B. T. Tsurutani, A. J. Mannucci, B. A. Iijima, A. Komjathy, A. Saito, T. Tsuda, O. P. Verkhoglyadova, W. D. Gonzalez, and F. L. Guarnieri 245 A Statistical Study of Ionospheric Irregularities Observed With a GPS Network in Japan Y. Otsuka, T. Aramaki, T. Ogawa, and A. Saito 271 Magnetic Storm Associated Disturbance Dynamo Effects in the Low and Equatorial Latitude Ionosphere M. A. Abdu, J. R. de Souza, J. H. A. Sobral, and I. S. Batista  283 Selected Upper Atmospheric Storm Effects Gerd W. Prölss 305 Response of the Upper/Middle Atmosphere to Coronal Holes and Powerful High-Speed Solar Wind Streams in 2003 J. U. Kozyra, G. Crowley, B. A. Emery, X. Fang, G. Maris, M. G. Mlynczak, R. J. Niciejewski, S. E. Palo, L. J. Paxton, C. E. Randall, P.-P. Rong, J. M. Russell III, W. Skinner, S. C. Solomon, E. R. Talaat, Q. Wu, and J.-H. Yee 319

About the Author :
Bruce T. Tsurutani is a space plasma physicist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. His research covers studies of the Sun, interplanetary spacem and planetary magnetospheres, including plasma instabilities, wave-particle interactions, nonlinear waves, and aurora.