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About this Symposium

Description:
The scientific program “Variability of the Sun and Its Terrestrial Impact” (VarSITI) is the current scientific program of SCOSTEP (Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics) for the period 2014-2018 (http://www.varsiti.org/).  VarSITI focuses on the recent and expected future solar activity and its consequences for the Earth, over various time scales from thousands of years to milliseconds, and at various locations from the solar interior to the Earth’s atmosphere. In particular, VarSITI focuses on the interconnections in the Sun-Earth system. Four scientific projects are being carried out under VarSITI: (1) Solar Evolution and Extrema (SEE), (2) International Study of Earth-Affecting Solar Transients (ISEST/MiniMax24), (3) Specification and Prediction of the Coupled Inner-Magnetospheric Environment (SPeCIMEN), and (4) Role Of the Sun and the Middle atmosphere/thermosphere/ionosphere In Climate (ROSMIC).  Data from relevant space- and ground-based missions will be utilized in combination with theory and modeling efforts to facilitate the implementation of these projects.

The purpose of this first VarSITI General Symposium in 2016 (VarSITI2016) is to overview the progress of various activities in the four projects at the midpoint of the five-year program, especially to promote the interconnection among these projects. Ample opportunity will be given for discussions on the new results. 

Special Issue: A special issue of JASTP will be published based on VarSITI2016 presentations. Promotional access to the papers will be provided meaning that the papers will be freely downloadable for 9 months after the issue has been published online.