ASWR 402 Space Weather System Science II
This course focuses on the geospace system, which includes the magnetosphere, ionosphere, and upper atmosphere. It follows the transfer of energy from the solar wind through the magnetosphere and into the ionosphere and upper atmosphere via particle precipitation and electric currents. Topics include the aurora, auroral substorms, ionospheric currents, traveling ionospheric and atmospheric disturbances, atmospheric expansion due to Joule heating, equatorial anomalies, and ionospheric irregularities. Students will learn how these phenomena can be hazardous to human technologies, such as navigation, communication, and electric power systems.
Cross Listed Courses
ASWR 402 & ASWR 602