WORKING GROUPS
The scientific programme of WISER is being developed by
6 Working Groups, each focusing in one of the following subjects:
- Sun/Heliosphere
- Magnetosphere/Bow Shock
- Ionosphere/Atmosphere
- Space Weather/Space Climate
- Space Plasma Physics/Astrophysics
- Complex/Intelligent Systems
The activities of each WISER Working Group are coordinated by its
co-leaders as listed below:
Working Group on Sun/Heliosphere (SH)
- Cairns, I. (University of Sydney, Australia)
- Karlicky, M. (Ondrejov Obervatory, Czech Republic)
- Yan, Y.-H. (National Astronomical Observatories, People's
Republic of China)
Working Group on Magnetosphere/Bow Shock (MB)
- Buechner, J. (Max-Planck- Institute for Aeronomy, Germany),
- Hesse, M. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA)
- Wu, C. C. (University of California at Los Angeles, USA)
Working Group on Ionosphere/Atmosphere (IA)
- Dyson, P. (La Trobe University, Australia)
- Friis-Christensen, E. (Danish Space Research Institute, Denmark)
- Sekar, R. (Physical Research Laboratory, India)
Working Group on Space Weather/Space Climate (WC)
- Cole, D. (IPS Radio & Space Services, Australia)
- Kamide, Y. (Nagoya University, Japan)
- Wei, F. (Center for Space Science & Applied Research, People's
Republic of China)
Working Group on Space Plasma Physics/Astrophysics
(SA)
- Hada , T. (Kyushu University, Japan)
- Nocera, L. (Institute for Chemical and Physical Processes/CNR,
Italy)
- Sulem, P.-L. (Cote d’Azur Observatory, France)
Working Group on Complex/Intelligent Systems (CS)
- Dewar, R. (Australian National University, Australia)
- Gabriel, S. (University of Southampton, UK)
- Valdivia, J. (University of Chile, Chile)
INTERBALL is an international project led by Russia, consisting
of two pairs (satellite-subsatellite) in the magnetosphere (Interball
Tail Probe pairs) and above the polar aurora (Interball Auroral Probe
pairs), respectively. This project is a part of international space missions
that include GEOTAIL, WIND, POLAR, SOHO, and CLUSTER, designed to study
various space plasma processes in the near-Earth space. (Image Credit:
IKI)