Session ST29: Solar Wind Turbulence: Theory, Modeling, and Observations

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This session is devoted to studies of the solar wind turbulence from theoretical, observational, and modeling perspectives, and is most likely to be structured around these perspectives. Jointly held by AOGS and AGU-WPGM, this year's gathering in Singapore will provide an ideal occasion for people working in this field to exchange ideas, information, and much more.

As is well-known, turbulence prevails in the solar wind, and is widely believed to play an essential role in driving and heating the solar wind. However, while observations abound, there remain considerable debates as to the origin and nature of the turbulence, anisotropy and intermittency in the spectral transfer of the turbulence, how to properly model the turbulent cascade in the transition regime from the inertial into dissipation range, and the microphysics of the dissipation, namely the interaction between the turbulence and solar wind particles. In addition, the solar wind turbulence is also a natural laboratory for understanding many turbulent phenomena in extra-solar astrophysical plasma environments, such as those in stellar winds, supernova remnants, and interstellar medium. This session solicits papers in the lively field of solar wind turbulence, with emphasis on the exciting new results from theory, numerical simulations, in situ and remote sensing measurements, as well as fluid models of the solar wind for which turbulence descriptions are an essential ingredient.

Please note that abstract submission closes on 12 March 2012.

Confirmed Invited Speakers:
　  Dr. Jungyeon Cho, Chungnam National University, Korea
　  Dr. Tohru Hada, Kyushu University, Japan
　  Dr. Jian-Sen He, Peking University, China
　  Dr. Xing Li, Aberystwyth University, UK
　  Dr. Qing-Yu Luo, Purple Mountain Observatory, China
　  Dr. Yuriy Voitenko, Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Belgium
　  Dr. Robert Wicks, Imperial College London, UK

Conveners:
　  Dr. De-Jin Wu (Purple Mountain Observatory, China), djwu@pmo.ac.cn
　  Dr. Bo Li (Shandong University at Weihai, China), bbl@sdu.edu.cn
　  Dr. Gang Li (University of Alabama in Huntsville, United States), gang.li@uah.edu

For more information, please contact De-Jin Wu at djwu@pmo.ac.cn