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Contents 1 How do thunderstorm activities interact with the atmosphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere? 1.1 Project leaders 1.2 Project members (tentative) 1.3 Project plan 1.4 Project activities

How do thunderstorm activities interact with the atmosphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere?

Project leaders

Yukihiro Takahashi (Japan) / Colin Price (Israel) / Earl Williams (USA)

Project members (tentative)

Mitsuteru Sato (Japan), Toru Adachi (Japan), Hiroyo Ohya (Japan), Fuminori Tsuchiya (Japan), Gabriella Satori (Hungary), Umran Inan (USA), Walter Lyons (USA), Steven Cummer (USA), Victor Pasko (USA), Torsten Neubert (Denmark), Elisabeth Blanc (France), Thomas Farges (France), Ute Evert (Netherland), Yoav Yair (Israel), Michi Nishioka (Japan), Masashi Kamogawa (Japan), Yasutaka Hiraki (Japan), Carl-Fredrik Enell (Finland), Alfred Chen (Taiwan), David Smith (USA), Michel Rycroft (UK), Martin Fullekurg (UK), Fernando Saosabbas (Brazil), Enrico A (University of Bologna)

Project plan

1) Investigate dynamical effects of thunderstorm activity in the middle and upper atmosphere, including wave-4 structures.

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2) Investigate the effect of electrical discharges on ion/electron density in the ionosphere and atmospheric constituents.

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3) Establish the global electric circuit model, covering surface, atmosphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere.

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4) Investigate the relationship between high energy particles and thunderstorms.

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5) Investigate the relationship between thunderstorm and solar activities (collaborating with TG1).

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Project activities

TBD.