Primary Recipient

SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Amount

$255,000.00

Award Date

7/02/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

'GEM: Why Does the Magnetosphere Enter a Steady Mode of Energy Transport Instead of an Oscillatory Mode?' The goal of this project is to better understand the magnetospheric processes involved during steady magnetospheric convection (SMC). The two main