THE SUPPLEMENTAL SCIENCE ANALYSES PROPOSED ABOVE ASKS IMPORTANT QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE ORIGINS OF SOLAR WIND STRUCTURES THAT ARE OF HIGH INTEREST AND POTENTIAL IMPACT. ICME TOPOLOGIES TELL US ABOUT BOTH THE ORIGINS OF THESE HELIOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES AS WELL AS IMPROVE THE POSSIBILITIES FOR FORECASTING GEOEFFECTIVE EVENTS. GLE EVENTS ARE ATTRACTING MAJOR INTEREST WITH THE INCREASING PREPARATIONS FOR SENDING HUMANS INTO DEEPER SPACE. THE IFE PHENOMENON CAN TELL US MORE ABOUT THE SOURCES OF THE SOLAR WIND IF THEY ARE CREATED BY ENTANGLEMENT OF FLUX ROPES ORIGINATING FROM THE SUN OR INNER HELIOSPHERE OR THEY CAN IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE HELIOSPHERE DUST ENVIRONMENT IF THEY ARE CREATED FROM SOLAR WIND-DUST INTERACTIONS. THE PROPOSED ENHANCED SEP HEAVY ION DATA SET WILL IMPROVE THE USES OF STEREO DATA TOWARD UNDERSTANDING SEP SOURCES. OVERALL THE STUDIES DESCRIBED ABOVE BUILD UPON THE ORIGINAL GOALS OF STEREO ITSELF TO UNDERSTAND THE 3D STRUCTURE OF THE HELIOSPHERE AND SOLAR WIND- AND ENHANCE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE STEREO IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS TO THE LATEST HIGH PROFILE HELIOPHYSICS RESEARCH.

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