ASWR 401 Space Weather System Science
This course examines the origins of space weather on the sun and in the solar wind, including solar flares and coronal mass ejections. The emphasis is on the physical phenomena that need to be understood for accurate space weather forecasting, particularly the energization of particles in the solar atmosphere, the transport of plasma and fields through the heliosphere, and the impacts on Earth's magnetosphere. Students will become familiar with the models and data that are used to specify and predict the solar energetic particle fluxes and geomagnetic storms that represent hazards to technical systems on Earth.
Cross Listed Courses
ASWR 401 & ASWR 601