Research programme

The objectives of the present project require an intensive collaborative effort of theory, observations, and numerical analysis. Hence, in the present project, theoretical simulation results will be directly linked to observational data for interpretation and analysis. Global simulations of the solar wind from the photosphere up to 5 AU are envisaged to provide a framework in which to interpret simultaneous observations by different space probes. In parallel, some interesting physical phenomena will be isolated and studied profoundly. In this way, we will try to answer a few well-identified questions regarding the basic physics of space weather. Below, these questions are presented and motivated in the framework of the above-mentioned specific objectives of this project. The subdivision of the research programme in well-specified tasks and the participation of the groups in the various tasks are described in Sections 4.3.1 and 5.1.