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Summer School Courses for Heliophysics by Domain

Heliophysics is often divided into domains - solar, interplanetary solar wind, magnetosphere, and thermosphere/ionosphere - because of academic specialization. This topic is similarly divided, but it should be emphasized that the domains are all connected and similar physical processes act in all the domains.

 

Heliophysics overview graphic

Heliophysics Systems Overview

An overview of the Sun-Earth System with connections between different domains.

Solar graphic

Solar

The solar dynamo drives create structures in the photosphere and solar atmosphere that vary on short and long times scales.

SWPC Prediction image

Solar Wind

The solar wind connects solar activity to the planets.

Earth's magnetosphere graphic

Magnetospheres

Formation, structure, and dynamics of Earth and planetary magnetospheres.

Aurora borealis

Ionosphere

The structure and dynamics of the ionosphere and thermosphere (the upper most layer of the atmosphere).