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panel also notes that DOD supports a number of ground-based observatories that contribute significantly
to the science objectives outlined above and encourages continued sponsorship of those facilities as well.
The panel further supports negotiation of international agreements to enable coordination and collaboration with non-U.S. ground-based capabilities.
SWMI Imperative: Ensure strong multiagency support for a broad range of ground-based assets that
are a vital part of magnetospheric science.
9.5.3.5 Laboratory Studies
The SWMI panel endorses the recommendation in the plasma science decadal survey that the Department of Energy be the prime steward for laboratory plasma science. However, to enable research on basic
plasma physics that will be of greater utility to SWMI science objectives, the panel supports the creation
of an interagency joint laboratory astrophysics program. This program should be competed on a regular
basis, include selection criteria that focus on issues relevant to space physics, contain a mechanism for
outside investigators to have access to supported facilities, and be open to proposals from any institution.
SWMI Imperative: Create an interagency joint laboratory astrophysics program that addresses issues
relevant to space physics.
FIGURE 9.15 Composite auroral image constructed from the THEMIS All-sky Imager network. SOURCE: Courtesy of NASA/
Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio; available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEebRsRnwm0.
Figure 9-15 replaced
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panel also notes that DOD supports a number of ground-based observatories that contribute significantly
to the science objectives outlined above and encourages continued sponsorship of those facilities as well.
The panel further supports negotiation of international agreements to enable coordination and collaboration with non-U.S. ground-based capabilities.
SWMI Imperative: Ensure strong multiagency support for a broad range of ground-based assets that
are a vital part of magnetospheric science.
9.5.3.5 Laboratory Studies
The SWMI panel endorses the recommendation in the plasma science decadal survey that the Department of Energy be the prime steward for laboratory plasma science. However, to enable research on basic
plasma physics that will be of greater utility to SWMI science objectives, the panel supports the creation
of an interagency joint laboratory astrophysics program. This program should be competed on a regular
basis, include selection criteria that focus on issues relevant to space physics, contain a mechanism for
outside investigators to have access to supported facilities, and be open to proposals from any institution.
SWMI Imperative: Create an interagency joint laboratory astrophysics program that addresses issues
relevant to space physics.
FIGURE 9.15 Composite auroral image constructed from the THEMIS All-sky Imager network. SOURCE: Courtesy of NASA/
Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio; available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEebRsRnwm0.
Figure 9-15 replaced