Circuit: A Mission to Unlock the Secrets of Earth’s Global Current System
Whitepaper #439 in the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033. Main topics: basic research. Additional topics: planetary ionospheres / upper atmospheres; space-based missions/projects; system science.
by Jeng-Hwa Yee, Jesper Gjerloev, Ian J. Cohen, Rafael L. A. Mesquita, Larry J. Paxton, William H. Swartz, Christine Gabrielse, Jasper Halekas, Marc Lessard, Robert Lysak, Ian Mann, and Shasha Zou
Published onJul 31, 2023
Circuit: A Mission to Unlock the Secrets of Earth’s Global Current System
This paper presents the foundation for the Circuit mission, a new, bold mid-to-large-scale mission is that with the goal to understand the fundamental mechanisms of momentum and energy transport between the magnetosphere and ionosphere.
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