Solar Wind — Magnetosphere Coupling

1. Geomagnetic Indices and Statistical Methods.- Merits and Limitations of the Use of Geomagnetic Indices in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Coupling Studies.- Statistical Analyses in the Study of Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Coupling.- The Technique of Linear Prediction Filters Applied to Studies of Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Coupling.- Solar Wind Velocity Effects on the Auroral Zone Magnetic Disturbances.- Linear Filters as a Method of Real Time Prediction of Geomagnetic Activity.- Magnetospheric Response to Solar Wind Variations.- Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Energy Input Functions.- Prediction Filters for the Dst Index and the Polar Cap Potential.- Coupling Function between the Solar Wind and the Dst Index.- Real-Time Prediction of Global Geomagnetic Activity.- The 27-Day Recurrence Index.- A Comparison of Solar and Geomagnetic Activities from the 13th to the 21st Solar Cycles.- 2. Solar Wind and Magnetospheric Processes.- 2.1 Solar Wind Control of the Magnetosphere.- Solar Wind Parameters and Magnetospheric Coupling Studies.- Solar Cycle Variations in the Solar Wind.- MHD Simulation of the “Geoeffectiveness” of Interplanetary Disturbances.- Solar Wind Control of Magnetospheric Configuration.- Magnetospheric Equilibrium Configurations and Slow Adiabatic Convection.- Quantitative Model of Magnetic Coupling between Solar Wind and Magnetosphere.- 2.2 Dayside Interaction.- Global Geometry of Merging at the Dayside Magnetopause.- Magnetic Flux Transfer at the Earth’s Magnetopause.- Electric Field and Energy Transfer by Magnetopause Reconnection.- Plasma and Field Observations with High Time Resolution in Flux Transfer Events.- Electrons at the Dayside Magnetopause: Recent Observations by AMPTE-UKS.- Transport of Plasma across the Magnetopause.- 2.3 Solar Wind Disturbances andMagnetospheric Response.- Shocks and Storm Sudden Commencements.- Global Auroral Responses to Magnetospheric Compressions by Shocks in the Solar Wind: Two Case Studies.- Triggering of Magnetospheric Particle Bursts by SSC Events.- Observations of Energetic Electrons and VLF Waves at Geostationary Orbit during Storm Sudden Commencements (SSC).- Observations of Hydromagnetic-Band Energy in the Magnetosphere near L~2 to L~3 and Solar Wind Wave and Field Conditions.- 3. Electrodynamics of Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling.- 3.1 Electric Fields and Currents.- Dayside Convection, Viscous Interaction and Magnetic Merging.- Solar Wind Control of the Polar Cusp.- DE-1 Observations of Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Coupling Processes in the Polar Cusp.- Solar Wind Control of the Polar-Cap Voltage.- Solar Wind Dependencies of High-Latitude Convection and Precipitation.- Sondrestrom Radar Observations of the Effect of the IMF By Component on Polar Cap Convection.- IMF By Control of Ionization and Electric Fields Measured by the Sondrestrom Radar.- Equatorial Ionospheric Electric Fields Associated with Magnetospheric Disturbances.- The Relationship of Birkeland and Ionospheric Current Systems to the Interplanetary Magnetic Field.- Magnetospheric Models from Field-Aligned Currents.- 3.2 Auroras and Auroral Precipitation.- The Characteristics of Polar Cap Precipitation and Their Dependence on the Interplanetary Magnetic Field and the Solar Wind.- Dynamic Variations of the Polar Cap.- The Dynamics of the Equatorward Boundary of the Auroral Oval.- Annual Variation of Aurora and Solar Wind Coupling.- 4. Solar Wind Control of Nightside Magnetosphere.- Solar Wind Control of the Magnetotail.- Solar Wind Influence on Magnetotail configuration and dynamics.- Observation of IMF-Associated MagneticField Perturbations in the GSM X Component at Geostationary Orbit.- Ion Composition of the Bulk Ring Current during a Magnetic Storm: Observations with the CHEM-Instrument on AMPTE/CCE.- Solar Wind Control of the Geomagnetic Mass Spectrometer.- Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Coupling and the Distant Magnetotail: ISEE-3 Observations.- Twisting of the Geomagnetic Tail.- Observations of a Large-Scale Vortex-Like Structure in the Deep-Tail Plasma Sheet Boundary Layer.- Planetary Boundary Layers in the Solar Wind.- Numerical Modeling on Magnetospheric Substorm.- 5. Summary Panel.- Coupling between the Solar Wind and the Earth’s Magnetosphere: Summary Comments.