PPT Slide
Primary FPP Science Goals
- Magnetic Flux Transport
- Observe how magnetic flux emerges, disperses, and disappears from the solar surface, including weak internetwork fields (B ~400 G).
- Determine whether magnetic field is generated in or near the surface: fast dynamo action.
- Convective Energy Scales
- Understand the origin of the granulation, mesogranulation, and supergranulation.
- Sunspots and Active Regions
- Determine the vector magnetic field of sunspots and plage.
- Observe the formation, dynamics, and decay of entire active regions.
- Upper Atmospheric Connections
- Understand the role of the surface magnetic field in the structure and dynamics of the outer atmosphere.
- Solar Cycle Evolution
- Understand the role of active regions in solar cycle modulation.