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INTERPLANETARY SHOCKS (ISS) MAGNETIC CLOUDS (MCS) AND INTERPLANETARY CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS (ICMES) ARE PHENOMENA THAT RAISE MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND WHOSE GENERATION AND EVOLUTION ARE IMPORTANT FOR UNDERSTANDING HELIOSPHERIC PHYSICS. ONE CURRENT LIMITATION ON CHARACTERIZING THESE STRUCTURES IS THE LACK OF ELECTRON VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION (EVDF) PARAMETERS WITH SUFFICIENTLY HIGH PRECISION AND CADENCE. THIS IS DRIVEN BY THE LIMITATIONS OF THE OPERATION OF ELECTROSTATIC ANALYZERS DURING THESE EVENTS. IN THE PROPOSED WORK WE WILL USE THE DATA FROM QUASI-THERMAL NOISE (QTN) MEASUREMENTS FROM THEWINDWAVES INSTRUMENT TO PRODUCE A COMPLETE DATABASE OF EVDF MOMENTS OVER THE LAST TWO SOLAR CYCLES. WE WILL USE THE DATABASE TO PERFORM STATISTICAL STUDIES OF QUIESCENT SOLAR WIND ELECTRON PARAMETERS OVER THE MISSION LIFETIME AS WELL AS TO STUDY PROPERTIES AROUND DISCRETE STRUCTURES INCLUDING ISS MCS AND THE EARTH S BOW SHOCK (BS).

$150,788FY2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA

University Of Arizona, Tucson AZ

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INTERPLANETARY SHOCKS (ISS) MAGNETIC CLOUDS (MCS) AND INTERPLANETARY CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS (ICMES) ARE PHENOMENA THAT RAISE MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND WHOSE GENERATION AND EVOLUTION ARE IMPORTANT FOR UNDERSTANDING HELIOSPHERIC PHYSICS. ONE CURRENT LIMITATION ON CHARACTERIZING THESE STRUCTURES IS THE LACK OF ELECTRON VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION (EVDF) PARAMETERS WITH SUFFICIENTLY HIGH PRECISION AND CADENCE. THIS IS DRIVEN BY THE LIMITATIONS OF THE OPERATION OF ELECTROSTATIC ANALYZERS DURING THESE EVENTS. IN THE PROPOSED WORK WE WILL USE THE DATA FROM QUASI-THERMAL NOISE (QTN) MEASUREMENTS FROM THEWINDWAVES INSTRUMENT TO PRODUCE A COMPLETE DATABASE OF EVDF MOMENTS OVER THE LAST TWO SOLAR CYCLES. WE WILL USE THE DATABASE TO PERFORM STATISTICAL STUDIES OF QUIESCENT SOLAR WIND ELECTRON PARAMETERS OVER THE MISSION LIFETIME AS WELL AS TO STUDY PROPERTIES AROUND DISCRETE STRUCTURES INCLUDING ISS MCS AND THE EARTH S BOW SHOCK (BS). · GrantIndex