Ground-based and additional science support for SMILE

• Published in: Earth and planetary physics Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 275 - 298
• Main Authors: A. Carter, J., Dunlop, M., Forsyth, C., Oksavik, K., Donovon, E., Kavanagh, A., E. Milan, S., Sergienko, T., C. Fear, R., G. Sibeck, D., Connors, M., Yeoman, T., Tan, X., G. G. T. Taylor, M., McWilliams, K., Gjerloev, J., Barnes, R., D. Billet, D., Chisham, G., Dimmock, A., P. Freeman, M., Han, D.-S., D. Hartinger, M., W. Hsieh, S.-Y., Hu, Z.-J., K. James, M., Juusola, L., Kauristie, K., A. Kronberg, E., Lester, M., Manuel, J., Matzka, J., McCrea, I., Miyoshi, Y., Rae, J., Ren, L., Sigernes, F., Spanswick, E., Sterne, K., Steuwer, A., Sun, T., Walach, M.-T., Walsh, B., Wang, C., Weygand, J., Wild, J., Yan, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, Q.-H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Key Laboratory of Space Environment Monitoring and Information Processing,Ministry of Industry and Information Technology,Beijing 100017,China%Department of Space and Climate Physics,UCL,Mullard Space Science Laboratory,Holmbury St.Mary,Dorking,Surrey,RH5 6NT,UK%Birkeland Centre for Space Science,Department of Physics and Technology.,University of Bergen,Bergen,Norway 2024; Planetary Sciences Group,School of Physics and Astronomy,University of Leicester,University Road,Leicester,LE1 7RH,UK%Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Space,Science Technology Facilities Council,Oxfordshire,UK; School of Space and Environment,Beihang University,Beijing 100191,China; Arctic Geophysics,University Centre in Svalbard,Longyearbyen,Norway%Department of Physics and Astronomy,University of Calgary,2500 University Drive,Calgary,Alberta,Canada T2N 1N4%British Antarctic Survey,Cambridge,UK%Swedish Institute of Space Physics,Kiruna,Sweden%West Highfield Campus,University of Southampton,University Road,SO17 1BJ,UK%Goddard Space Flight Center,NASA,Greenbelt,Maryland,USA%Athabasca University,Athabasca,Canada%School of Space and Environment,Beihang University,Beijing 100191,China%ESTEC,European Space Agency,Netherlands%University of Saskatchewan,Saskatoon,Canada%The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory,Laurel,Maryland,USA%Swedish Institude of Space Physics,Uppsala,SE 75121,Sweden%Tongji University,Shanghai 200092,China%Center for Space Plasma Physics,Space Science Institute,4765 Walnut Street Suite B,Boulder,Colorado,80301,USA%Polar Research Institute of China,Shanghai 200136,China%Finnish Meteorological Institute(FMI),Finland%Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences(Geophysics),Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich(LMU)Munich,Theresienstr.41,Munich,D-80333,Germany%Canadian Space Agency,Montreal,Canada%GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences,Potsdam,Germany%Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Space,Science Technology Facilities Council,Oxfordshire,UK%Nagoya University,Institute for Space Earth Environment Research,Center for Integrated Data Science,Nagoya,Aichi,JP 464-8601%Northumbria University,Newcastle upon Tyne,Tyne and Wear,UK NE1 8ST%National Space Science Center,Chinese Academy Sciences,Beijing 100190,China%Arctic Geophysics,University Centre in Svalbard,Longyearbyen,Norway%EISCAT,Sweden%Space and Planetary Physics Group,Physics Department,Lancaster University,Lancaster,LA1 4YB,UK%Center for Space Physics,Boston University,Boston,MA,USA%Earth,Planetary,and Space Sciences,University of California,Los Angeles,USA%Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment,Institute of Space Sciences,Shandong University,Weihai Shandong 264209,China; Science Press
• Subjects: conjunctions; ground-based experimentation; ionosphere; magnetosphere; magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling; missions; SMILE; magnetosphere; conjunctions; missions; ionosphere; magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling; SMILE; ground-based experimentation
• ISSN: 2096-3955; 2096-3955
• DOI: 10.26464/epp2023055

The joint European Space Agency and Chinese Academy of Sciences Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer(SMILE)mission will explore global dynamics of the magnetosphere under varying solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field conditions,and simultaneously monitor the auroral response of the Northern Hemisphere ionosphere.Combining these large-scale responses with medium and fine-scale measurements at a variety of cadences by additional ground-based and space-based instruments will enable a much greater scientific impact beyond the original goals of the SMILE mission.Here,we describe current community efforts to prepare for SMILE,and the benefits and context various experiments that have explicitly expressed support for SMILE can offer.A dedicated group of international scientists representing many different experiment types and geographical locations,the Ground-based and Additional Science Working Group,is facilitating these efforts.Preparations include constructing an online SMILE Data Fusion Facility,the discussion of particular or special modes for experiments such as coherent and incoherent scatter radar,and the consideration of particular observing strategies and spacecraft conjunctions.We anticipate growing interest and community engagement with the SMILE mission,and we welcome novel ideas and insights from the solar-terrestrial community.