We propose a state-of-the-art research program to investigate the dynamics of transient and quiescent solar wind structures using data from NASA s stereo mission in order to advance the…

This federal contract award NNX16AH70G was granted to The Johns Hopkins University, a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. The 3-year, $236,965.57 grant is from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and supports a research program to investigate the dynamics of transient and quiescent solar wind structures using data from NASA's STEREO mission. The goal is to advance the understanding of the effects of these solar wind structures on Earth's near-space environment and improve the scientific return from the STEREO mission and the broader Heliophysics Systems Observatory. The research program consists of basic research on the origin of small-scale solar wind and the evolution of coronal mass ejections, as well as science support for the STEREO team. This grant does not have a set-aside designation.

We propose a state-of-the-art research program to investigate the dynamics of transient and quiescent solar wind structures using data from NASA s stereo mission in order to advance the understanding of their effects on earth s near-space environment. The program aims to improve the scientific return from the stereo mission, in particular, and from the heliophysics systems observatory (HSO), in general. IT draws upon the principal investigator s (PI) 17-year experience in the development, operations, and data analysis of the lasco and secchi instruments and his 10-year science as the secchi project scientist. The proposed effort extends over a 3-year period and consists of (1) basic research using stereo observations and, (2) science support for the stereo team. The basic research explores the origin of small-scale solar wind and the evolution of coronal mass ejections (cmes) in the heliosphere. The science support uses the results of the afore-mentioned research (as well as past results) to support the stereo team in outreach and senior review proposal efforts, publication and dissemination of the research, and the deployment of a new public website with secchi raw and higher level data products.