Science Goals
The IHY team has also identified the following science goals for 2007-2008:
- Develop the basic science of heliophysics through cross-disciplinary studies of universal processes.
- Determine the response of terrestrial and planetary magnetospheres and atmospheres to external drivers.
- Promote research on the Sun-heliosphere system outward to the local interstellar medium - the new frontier.
- Foster international scientific cooperation in the study of heliophysical phenomena now and in the future
- Communicate unique IHY results to the scientific community and the general public
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