Solar origins of plasma and magnetic flux in an ICME

Team Chair: Zoran Mikic
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Team Members:

• C DeVore, NRL
• Craig DeForest, SWRI
• Manolis Georgoulis, JHU/APL
• Bernard Jackson, UCSD
• Nariaki Nitta, LMATC
• Victor Pizzo, NOAA/SEC

Goals and measures of success: The goal of this Focused Science Topic is to
advance the understanding of the relationship between the physical properties of
ICMEs and CMEs. The prime measure of success for this work would be a
quantitative improvement in the ability to predict the geo-effective properties of
ICMEs at Earth from solar and heliospheric observations. However, the
development of models/understanding that directly enable such an improvement
in capability would also constitute a measure of success for this Topic.

Types of solicited investigations: It is expected that this Topic will include, but
not be limited to, the following types of investigations: (i) the analysis and
interpretation of solar and/or heliospheric observations; and (ii) the development
of theoretical, empirical and numerical models for the initiation and evolution of a
CME as it propagates through the corona and heliosphere.