COURSE: Cross-scale cOUpling pRocesses in the Solar–tErrestrial system—SCOSTEP’s new program for 2026–2030

Abstract The committee nominated to define the Scientific Committee on Solar–Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) Next Scientific Program (NSP) has identified cross-scale coupling as the overarching theme for conducting and promoting coordinated research and outreach activities in the upcoming period 2026–2030. The program is called COURSE (Cross-scale cOUpling pRocesses in the Solar–tErrestrial system) and is organized in three main scientific focus areas: 1) sources of space weather and space climate; 2) solar wind, magnetosphere, and ionosphere coupling; and 3) external impacts and internal dynamics of the Earth atmosphere. For each Focus Area the NSP committee has identified: 1) long-standing goals, i.e., key questions persistent through SCOSTEP scientific programs and 2) objectives, i.e., precise outcomes that can be addressed over the 5-year program duration, which contribute to achieving the goals over the long term. Moreover, the committee envisions the implementation of the program through identified novel methods, including machine learning and Artificial Intelligence techniques; integrated models; new missions; the combination of multipoint in-situ data with ground observations; improved metadata; and adoption of Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) principles. Graphical Abstract

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Earth Planets and Space
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2025-11-19
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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-025-02283-w
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Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
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COURSE: Cross-scale cOUpling pRocesses in the Solar–tErrestrial system—SCOSTEP’s new program for 2026–2030

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COURSE: Cross-scale cOUpling pRocesses in the Solar–tErrestrial system—SCOSTEP’s new program for 2026–2030

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Abstract The committee nominated to define the Scientific Committee on Solar–Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) Next Scientific Program (NSP) has identified cross-scale coupling as the overarching theme for conducting and promoting coordinated research and outreach activities in the upcoming period 2026–2030. The program is called COURSE (Cross-scale cOUpling pRocesses in the Solar–tErrestrial system) and is organized in three main scientific focus areas: 1) sources of space weather and space climate; 2) solar wind, magnetosphere, and ionosphere coupling; and 3) external impacts and internal dynamics of the Earth atmosphere. For each Focus Area the NSP committee has identified: 1) long-standing goals, i.e., key questions persistent through SCOSTEP scientific programs and 2) objectives, i.e., precise outcomes that can be addressed over the 5-year program duration, which contribute to achieving the goals over the long term. Moreover, the committee envisions the implementation of the program through identified novel methods, including machine learning and Artificial Intelligence techniques; integrated models; new missions; the combination of multipoint in-situ data with ground observations; improved metadata; and adoption of Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) principles. Graphical Abstract

Earth Planets and SpaceVol. 77(1)
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (US), King University (US), NSF NCAR High Altitude Observatory (US), National University of Tucumán (AR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR), Goddard Space Flight Center (US), South African National Space Agency (ZA), Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT), University of Graz (AT), George Mason University (US), University of Colorado Boulder (US), Peking University (CN), Rhodes University (ZA), Université Paris Cité (FR), Charles University (CZ), North-West University (ZA), Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (IT), Kyung Hee University (KR), Sorbonne Paris Cité (FR), Space Research Institute (AT), Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology (IT), Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (US), Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (DE), Centro Científico Tecnológico - Tucumán (AR), Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University (DE), CY Cergy Paris Université (FR), Institute of Astronomy and Space Physics (AR), Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Atmospheric Physics (CZ), Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (ES), Beijing Haidian Hospital (CN), University of Bergen (NO), European Space Research and Technology Centre (NL), University of Rostock (DE), Fundación Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (AR), Nagoya University (JP), University of Oulu (FI)
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