2.3.2.1 Understand coronal conditions under which the shocks form and determine the interplanetary conditions where they evolve2.3.2.2 Identify interplanetary shocks and characterise their spatial and temporal evolution2.3.2.3 Study heating and dissipation mechanisms at shocks with radial distance2.3.2.4 Identify mechanisms that heat the thermal solar wind particle populations near shocks and determine their energy partition
