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Aleida Katherine Higginson
Research Astrophysicist , NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Defining the Middle Corona
FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS OF THE SOLAR CORONA AND INNER HELIOSPHERE IV POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 15 december 2023
Matthew J. West, Daniel B. Seaton, David Wexler, J...
The middle corona, the region roughly spanning heliocentric distances from 1.5 to 6 solar radii, encompasses almost all of the influential physical tr...
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Mapping the Martian Separatrix Web
MAGNETOSPHERES IN THE INNER SOLAR SYSTEM I POSTER
spa-magnetospheric physics | 14 december 2023
Aleida K. Higginson, Kalman J. Knizhnik, Gina A. D...
The Martian magnetosphere is formed as the solar wind directly interacts with the planets ionosphere and crustal magnetic field. The strongest crustal...
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Characterizing the L1 in situ observed solar wind originating from the differing source regions identified by ADAPT-WSA
INTERPRETING REMOTE SENSING AND IN SITU OBSERVATIONS TO BUILD A GLOBAL VIEW OF THE CORONA AND SOLAR WIND POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 12 december 2023
Samantha Wallace, Nicholeen M. Viall, Charles N. A...
Several fundamental outstanding questions in heliophysics pertain to the genesis and energization of the solar wind both of which are driven by physi...
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Periodic Solar Wind Density Structures are Created from Periodically Driven Interchange Reconnection in the Solar Corona
SMALL-SCALE SOLAR ACTIVITY: MANIFESTATION AND CONSEQUENCES FOR CORONAL AND SOLAR WIND PLASMAS I ORAL
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 11 december 2023
Nicholeen M. Viall, Angelos Vourlidas, Russell A. ...
Decades of in situ measurements made in and around L1 show that the solar wind is often comprised of periodic density structures on scales of 0.2 mHz ...
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Relating Remote and in situ Observations of Periodic Mesoscale Solar Wind Structures
CONNECTING REMOTE AND IN SITU OBSERVATIONS TO UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMIC SOLAR WIND AND TRANSIENTS II POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 16 december 2022
Nicholeen M. Viall, Angelos Vourlidas, Larry Kepko...
Mesoscale structure in the solar wind (~tens to several thousands of Mm) are created in two possible ways: those that come directly from the Sun, and ...
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Toward a Heliophysics Knowledge Commons: The Heliophysics KNOWledge Network (Helio-KNOW) and what it means for the future of Earth and Space Science
ADVANCING OPEN SCIENCE: STEWARDSHIP TO ENABLE CROSS-DISCIPLINARY, COLLABORATIVE SCIENCE I ORAL
earth and space science informatics | 17 december 2021
Ryan M. McGranaghan, Samuel Schonfeld, Aleida K. H...
The world is increasingly interconnected and complex. The information our world now collects has placed discovery at our fingertips, but ironically th...
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Relating Solar Wind Variability to the Magnetic Topology of its Coronal Source Region
FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS OF THE SOLAR CORONA AND INNER HELIOSPHERE I ORAL
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 15 december 2021
Benjamin J. Lynch, Nicholeen M. Viall, Aleida K. H...
The global magnetic configuration of the solar corona directly determines the structure of the solar wind outflow and decades of in-situ observations ...
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How does photospheric driving effect helmet streamer reconnection and HCS structure?
THE GLOBALLY CONNECTED CORONA AND HELIOSPHERE II POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 14 december 2021
Aleida K. Higginson, Spiro K. Antiochos, C Richard...
It is now well understood that the transition from coronal helmet streamers to the corresponding current sheet in the heliosphere is a region of incre...
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