Not listed CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS (CMES) ARE KEY DRIVERS OF SPACE WEATHER AND CAN HAVE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES TO HUMAN TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN SPACE AND ON EARTH BUT WE ARE STILL UNABLE TO PREDICT THEM AND TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY ARE RELEASED HEATED AND ACCELERATED. THE EVOLUTION OF THE THERMAL AND KINETIC ENERGY OF CME CORES ARE CRITICAL ELEMENTS IN THE STUDY OF THE POORLY UNDERSTOOD CME ENERGY BUDGET DURING THE EARLY STAGES OF CME EVOLUTION IN THE LOW SOLAR CORONA. THE PROPOSED STUDY WILL USE TIME SERIES OF NARROW-BAND IMAGES FROM EUVI/STEREO AND AIA/SDO TO COMPUTE TEMPERATURE ELECTRON DENSITY AND SPEED OF CME CORES USING THE HANNAH & KONTAR [2013] AND LANDI & REALE [2013] METHODS TO DETERMINE THE PLASMA THERMAL STRUCTURE AND THE LANDI AND MIRALLES [2014] TECHNIQUE TO DETERMINE PLASMA DENSITY. DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS FROM THESE REMOTE-SENSING OBSERVATIONS WILL BE COMBINED WITH IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS OF EARTH-BOUND CMES TAKEN BY SWICS/ACE AT 1 AU TO EMPIRICALLY MODEL THE EVOLUTION OF THE CME PLASMA PROPERTIES FROM THE LOW SOLAR CORONA TO THE NEAR-EARTH REGION. OUR RESULTS WILL ALLOW US TO DETERMINE HOW ENERGY IS RELEASED INTO THE CME PLASMA IN THE FORM OF ACCELERATION AND HEATING. THE ROADMAP FOR THIS PROPOSAL IS DESIGNED TO CLOSELY ALIGN WITH THE GOALS OF THE HELIOPHYSICS RESEARCH PROGRAM OF NASA. AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PARTITION OF THERMAL AND KINETIC ENERGY OF CMES WILL ALLOW US TO DETERMINE THE PHYSICAL PROCESSES AFFECTING THE CME PLASMA AS THEY TRAVEL OUT FROM CORONA THROUGH THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT. BY CONDUCTING AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF CME PLASMAS USING A COMBINATION OF IN-SITU AND REMOTE-SENSING OBSERVATIONS WE WILL ADVANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONNECTIONS LINKING THE SUN AND EARTH WHILE PRESENTING A METHODOLOGY THAT BRINGS TOGETHER TECHNIQUES TYPICALLY USED SEPARATELY BY THE SOLAR AND HELIOSPHERE RESEARCH COMMUNITIES. THIS PROPOSED STUDY FOCUSES ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF EARTH BOUND HALO-CMES THAT INTERCEPT EARTH HENCE IT CONTRIBUTES TO KNOWLEDGE AND CAPABILITIES THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO DETECT AND PREDICT THE EXTREME CONDITIONS THEY INDUCE. $45.0k 8/12/17 1 CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS (CMES) ARE KEY DRIVERS OF SPACE WEATHER AND CAN HAVE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES TO HUMAN TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN SPACE AND ON EARTH, BUT WE ARE STILL UNABLE TO PREDICT THEM AND TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY ARE RELEASED, HEATED AND ACCELERATED. THE EVOLUTION OF THE THERMAL AND KINETIC ENERGY OF CME CORES ARE CRITICAL ELEMENTS IN THE STUDY OF THE POORLY UNDERSTOOD CME ENERGY BUDGET DURING THE EARLY STAGES OF CME EVOLUTION IN THE LOW SOLAR CORONA. THE PROPOSED STUDY WILL USE TIME SERIES OF NARROW-BAND IMAGES FROM EUVI/STEREO AND AIA/SDO TO COMPUTE TEMPERATURE, ELECTRON DENSITY AND SPEED OF CME CORES, USING THE HANNAH & KONTAR [2013] AND LANDI & REALE [2013] METHODS TO DETERMINE THE PLASMA THERMAL STRUCTURE, AND THE LANDI AND MIRALLES [2014] TECHNIQUE TO DETERMINE PLASMA DENSITY. DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS FROM THESE REMOTE-SENSING OBSERVATIONS WILL BE COMBINED WITH IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS OF EARTH-BOUND CMES TAKEN BY SWICS/ACE AT 1 AU TO EMPIRICALLY MODEL THE EVOLUTION OF THE CME PLASMA PROPERTIES FROM THE LOW SOLAR CORONA TO THE NEAR-EARTH REGION. OUR RESULTS WILL ALLOW US TO DETERMINE HOW ENERGY IS RELEASED INTO THE CME PLASMA IN THE FORM OF ACCELERATION AND HEATING. THE ROADMAP FOR THIS PROPOSAL IS DESIGNED TO CLOSELY ALIGN WITH THE GOALS OF THE HELIOPHYSICS RESEARCH PROGRAM OF NASA. AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PARTITION OF THERMAL AND KINETIC ENERGY OF CMES WILL ALLOW US TO DETERMINE THE PHYSICAL PROCESSES AFFECTING THE CME PLASMA AS THEY TRAVEL OUT FROM CORONA THROUGH THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT. BY CONDUCTING AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF CME PLASMAS USING A COMBINATION OF IN-SITU AND REMOTE-SENSING OBSERVATIONS WE WILL ADVANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONNECTIONS LINKING THE SUN AND EARTH WHILE PRESENTING A METHODOLOGY THAT BRINGS TOGETHER TECHNIQUES TYPICALLY USED SEPARATELY BY THE SOLAR AND HELIOSPHERE RESEARCH COMMUNITIES. THIS PROPOSED STUDY FOCUSES ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF EARTH BOUND HALO-CMES THAT INTERCEPT EARTH, HENCE IT CONTRIBUTES TO KNOWLEDGE AND CAPABILITIES THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO DETECT AND PREDICT THE EXTREME CONDITIONS THEY INDUCE. Funding Only Action $45.0k 8/12/17 Not listed CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS (CMES) ARE KEY DRIVERS OF SPACE WEATHER AND CAN HAVE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES TO HUMAN TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN SPACE $30.0k 8/8/16 Not listed CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS (CMES) ARE KEY DRIVERS OF SPACE WEATHER AND CAN HAVE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES TO HUMAN TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN SPACE AND ON EARTH, BUT WE ARE STILL UNABLE TO PREDICT THEM AND TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY ARE RELEASED, HEATED AND ACCELERATED. THE EVOLUTION OF THE THERMAL AND KINETIC ENERGY OF CME CORES ARE CRITICAL ELEMENTS IN THE STUDY OF THE POORLY UNDERSTOOD CME ENERGY BUDGET DURING THE EARLY STAGES OF CME EVOLUTION IN THE LOW SOLAR CORONA. THE PROPOSED STUDY WILL USE TIME SERIES OF NARROW-BAND IMAGES FROM EUVI/STEREO AND AIA/SDO TO COMPUTE TEMPERATURE, ELECTRON DENSITY AND SPEED OF CME CORES, USING THE HANNAH & KONTAR [2013] AND LANDI & REALE [2013] METHODS TO DETERMINE THE PLASMA THERMAL STRUCTURE, AND THE LANDI AND MIRALLES [2014] TECHNIQUE TO DETERMINE PLASMA DENSITY. DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS FROM THESE REMOTE-SENSING OBSERVATIONS WILL BE COMBINED WITH IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS OF EARTH-BOUND CMES TAKEN BY SWICS/ACE AT 1 AU TO EMPIRICALLY MODEL THE EVOLUTION OF THE CME PLASMA PROPERTIES FROM THE LOW SOLAR CORONA TO THE NEAR-EARTH REGION. OUR RESULTS WILL ALLOW US TO DETERMINE HOW ENERGY IS RELEASED INTO THE CME PLASMA IN THE FORM OF ACCELERATION AND HEATING. THE ROADMAP FOR THIS PROPOSAL IS DESIGNED TO CLOSELY ALIGN WITH THE GOALS OF THE HELIOPHYSICS RESEARCH PROGRAM OF NASA. AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PARTITION OF THERMAL AND KINETIC ENERGY OF CMES WILL ALLOW US TO DETERMINE THE PHYSICAL PROCESSES AFFECTING THE CME PLASMA AS THEY TRAVEL OUT FROM CORONA THROUGH THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT. BY CONDUCTING AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF CME PLASMAS USING A COMBINATION OF IN-SITU AND REMOTE-SENSING OBSERVATIONS WE WILL ADVANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONNECTIONS LINKING THE SUN AND EARTH WHILE PRESENTING A METHODOLOGY THAT BRINGS TOGETHER TECHNIQUES TYPICALLY USED SEPARATELY BY THE SOLAR AND HELIOSPHERE RESEARCH COMMUNITIES. THIS PROPOSED STUDY FOCUSES ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF EARTH BOUND HALO-CMES THAT INTERCEPT EARTH, HENCE IT CONTRIBUTES TO KNOWLEDGE AND CAPABILITIES THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO DETECT AND PREDICT THE EXTREME CONDITIONS THEY INDUCE. Not listed $30.0k 8/8/16