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- Creator:
- Xiantong Wang
- Description:
- We perform a geomagnetic event simulation using a newly developed magnetohydrodynamic with adaptively embedded particle-in-cell (MHD-AEPIC) model. We have developed effective criteria to identify reconnection sites in the magnetotail and cover them with the PIC model. The MHD-AEPIC simulation results are compared with Hall MHD and ideal MHD simulations to study the impacts of kinetic reconnection at multiple physical scales. At the global scale, the three models produce very similar SYM-H and SuperMag Electrojet (SME) indexes, which indicates that the global magnetic field configurations from the three models are very close to each other. At the mesoscale we compare the simulations with in situ Geotail observations in the tail. All three models produce reasonable agreement with the Geotail observations. The MHD-AEPIC and Hall MHD models produce tailward and earthward propagating fluxropes, while the ideal MHD simulation does not generate flux ropes in the near-earth current sheet. At the kinetic scales, the MHD-AEPIC simulation can produce a crescent shape distribution of the electron velocity space at the electron diffusion region which agrees very well with MMS observations near a tail reconnection site. These electron scale kinetic features are not available in either the Hall MHD or ideal MHD models. Overall, the MHD-AEPIC model compares well with observations at all scales, it works robustly, and the computational cost is acceptable due to the adaptive adjustment of the PIC domain.
- Keyword:
- MHD, PIC, and Magnetosphere
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Brenner, Austin, M
- Description:
- Coupling between the solar wind and magnetosphere can be expressed in terms of energy transfer through the separating boundary known as the magnetopause. Geospace simulation is performed using the Space Weather Modeling Framework (SWMF) of a multi-ICME impact event on February 18-20, 2014 in order to study the energy transfer through the magnetopause during storm conditions. The magnetopause boundary is identified using a modified plasma $\beta$ and fully closed field line criteria to a downstream distance of $-20R_{e}$. Observations from Geotail, Themis, and Cluster are used as well as the Shue 1998 model to verify the simulation field data results and magnetopause boundary location. Once the boundary is identified, energy transfer is calculated in terms of total energy flux \textbf{K}, Poynting flux \textbf{S}, and hydrodynamic flux \textbf{H}. Surface motion effects are considered and the regional distribution of energy transfer on the magnetopause surface is explored in terms of dayside $\left(X>0\right)$, flank $\left(X<0\right)$, and tail cross section $\left(X=X_{min}\right)$ regions. It is found that total integrated energy flux over the boundary is nearly balanced between injection and escape, and flank contributions dominate the Poynting flux injection. Poynting flux dominates net energy input, while hydrodynamic flux dominates energy output. Surface fluctuations contribute significantly to net energy transfer and comparison with the Shue model reveals varying levels of cylindrical asymmetry in the magnetopause flank throughout the event. Finally existing energy coupling proxies such as the Akasofu $\epsilon$ parameter and Newell coupling function are compared with the energy transfer results.
- Keyword:
- Space plasma, Magnetosphere, MHD simulations, Magnetopause, Substorm, Energy transfer, and Poynting flux
- Citation to related publication:
- Brenner A, Pulkkinen TI, Al Shidi Q and Toth G (2021) Stormtime Energetics: Energy Transport Across the Magnetopause in a Global MHD Simulation. Front. Astron. Space Sci. 8:756732. doi: 10.3389/fspas.2021.756732
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Sergio E. Vidal-Luengo
- Description:
- This database contains spacecraft and ground-based magnetic field observations made to study the propagation of the preliminary impulse triggered by interplanetary shocks with different inclinations in the XZ plane.
- Keyword:
- Cluster, Dynamic pressure pulse, THEMIS, SuperMag, Magnetosphere, MMS, and Intermagnet
- Citation to related publication:
- (to be submitted) Vidal-Luengo, S. E., Moldwin, M. B. (2021). Shock Inclination Effects in Preliminary Impulse Propagation Observed by Ground-Based Magnetometers and the Heliophysics System Observatory
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Sergio E. Vidal-Luengo and Mark B. Moldwin
- Description:
- Multi-satellite tracking of solar wind dynamic pressure pulse observations through the Earth's magnetosphere enables us to distinguish local changes with propagation signatures.
- Keyword:
- Heliophysics, Magnetosphere, Dynamic pressure pulse, Magnetosphere, THEMIS, MMS, Cluster, SuperMag, and Heliophysics System Observatory
- Citation to related publication:
- Vidal-Luengo, S. E., & Moldwin, M. B. (2021). Global magnetosphere response to solar wind dynamic pressure pulses during northward IMF using the heliophysics system observatory. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126, e2020JA028587. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA028587
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Mukhopadhyay, Agnit, Daniel T Welling, Michael W Liemohn, Aaron J Ridley, Shibaji Chakrabarty, and Brian J Anderson
- Description:
- An updated auroral conductance module is built for global models, using nonlinear regression & empirical adjustments to span extreme events., Expanded dataset raises the ceiling of conductance values, impacting the ionospheric potential dB/dt & dB predictions during extreme events., and Application of the expanded model with empirical adjustments refines the conductance pattern, and improves dB/dt predictions significantly.
- Keyword:
- Space Weather Forecasting, Extreme Weather, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, MI Coupling, Ionospheric Conductance, Auroral Conductance, Aurora, SWMF, SWPC, Nonlinear Regression, and dB/dt
- Citation to related publication:
- Mukhopadhyay, A., Welling, D. T., Liemohn, M. W., Ridley, A. J., Chakraborty, S., & Anderson, B. J. (2020). Conductance Model for Extreme Events: Impact of Auroral Conductance on Space Weather Forecasts. Space Weather, 18(11), e2020SW002551. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020SW002551
- Discipline:
- Engineering and Science