Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016

Presentation information

International Session (Oral)

Symbol P (Space and Planetary Sciences) » P-EM Solar-Terrestrial Sciences, Space Electromagnetism & Space Environment

[P-EM06] Magnetospheric Multi-Scale (MMS) mission -- A new age of magnetospheric physics

Tue. May 24, 2016 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM 103 (1F)

Convener:*Seiji Zenitani(National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), Naritoshi Kitamura(Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Yoshifumi Saito(Solar System Science Division, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Paul Cassak(West Virginia University), Li-Jen Chen(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Craig Pollock(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Chair:Mitsuo Oka(University of California Berkeley), Seiji Zenitani(National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

[PEM06-03] Geospace Exploration Project ERG: Contribution to Heliosphere/Geospace (H/GSO) system observatory

*Yoshizumi Miyoshi1, Iku Shinohara2, Takeshi Takashima2, Kazushi Asamura2, haruhisa matsumoto2, Nana Higashio2, Takefumi Mitani2, Shoichiro Yokota2, Satoshi Kasahara2, Yoichi Kazama3, Shaing-Yu Wang3, Masafumi Hirahara1, Yoshiya Kasahara4, Yasumasa Kasaba4, Satoshi Yagitani4, Ayako Matsuoka2, Hirotsugu Kojima6, Masaki Fujimoto2, Kazuo Shiokawa1, Kanako Seki7, Yuto Katoh5, Takayuki Ono5 (1.Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, 2.JAXA, 3.Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 4.Kanazawa University, 5.Tohoku University, 6.Kyoto University, 7.The University of Tokyo)

Keywords:Geospace Exploration, International Collaboration

The ERG (Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace) isJapanese geospace exploration project. The project focuses on thegeospace dynamics and accelerations of radiation belt electrons in the context of the cross-energy coupling viawave-particle interactions. The project consists of the satelliteobservation team, the ground-based network observation team, andintegrated-data analysis/simulation team. The ERG satellite will belaunched in FY2016. Comprehensive instruments for plasma/particles, and eld/waves are installed in the ERG satellite to understand thecross-energy coupling system. In the ERG project, severalground-network teams join; magnetometer networks, radar networks,optical imager networks, etc, which provide a gloval view of geospace and complementary observation with the ERG satellite observation. Moreover, the modeling/simulations playan important role for the quantitative understanding. Besides research teams in the project, the science center has been operated. The science data from the project have been archived. Moreover, the science center has developed an integrated data analysis software that are a plug-in for SPEDAS in cooperation with the THEMIS mission. These data and softwares are available via the ERG-Science Webpage
(http://ergsc.stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp). In thispresentation, we will talk about an overview of the ERG project and discuss the international collaborations with Van Allen Probes, MMS, THEMIS, Cluster, etc and ground network observations under the flame work of Heliosphere/Geospace (H/GSO) system observatory.