This volume, The Sun to the Earth-and Beyond: Panel Reports, is a compilation of the reports from five National Research Council (NRC) panels convened as part of a survey in solar and space physics for the period 2003-2013. The NRC's Space Studies Board and its Committee on Solar and Space Physics organized the study. Overall direction for the survey was provided by the Solar and Space Physics Survey Committee, whose report, The Sun to the Earth-and Beyond: A Decadal Research Strategy in Solar and Space Physics, was delivered to the study sponsors in prepublication format in August 2002. The final version of that report was published in June 2003. The panel reports provide both a detailed rationale for the survey committee's recommendations and an expansive view of the numerous opportunities that exist for a robust program of exploration in solar and space physics.


Table of Contents


Front Matter
1 Report of the Panel on the Sun and Heliospheric Physics
2 Report of the Panel on Solar Wind and Magnetosphere Interactions
3 Report of the Panel on Atmospheric-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Interactions
4 Report of the Panel on Theory, Modeling, and Data Exploration
5 Report of the Panel on Education and Society
Appendix A: Statement of Task
Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations