Working Group 3
Simulation group led by Dusan Odstrcil (USA) and Fang Shen (China); At-large leaders: Noe Lugaz (USA) and Chin-Chun Wu (USA)
Contents
Scientific Objective
- Provide global context for all CME events investigated by the ISEST team
- Investigate processes of the CME initiation and heliospheric propagation
- Develop tools to assist collaboration of numerical modelers, theoreticians, and observers
Scientific Questions
Initiation
Propagation
Impact
Simulation of Event Periods (with WG1)
*Late July to early August 2010
*February 2011
- ===Early March 2012===
July 2012
Investigation of Mechanisms, Processes, and Forces (with WG2)
- How much variable ambient conditions affect ICMEs?
- Which mechanisms, processes, forces are governing the CME take-off and ICME propagation?
- The CME-associated phenomena
Forecasting the CME arrival and impacy (with WG4)
- Arrival time
- Geo-effectiveness
- Energetic particles
Future Plan
TBD
