Computer Science
Scientific paper
Jun 1991
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A global simulation of the magnetosphere with a long tail: southward and northward IMF., by Usadi, A.; Kageyama, A.; Watanabe, K
Computer Science
Scientific paper
Through a global three dimensional MHD simulation, the effect of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF), both northward and southward, on Earth's magnetosphere has been investigated. A southward IMF, upon reconnecting at the dayside magnetopause of the Earth's magnetic field is swept back by solar wind flow and drapes the magnetotail. This gives rise to a plasma sheet cross-tail current increase and explosive magnetic reconnection at around 15 RE. A northward IMF is observed to reconnect with the magnetosphere along the cusp shoulder, stripping magnetic field lines away and weakening compression of the plasma sheet. In order to accomodate a balance of magnetic to dynamic pressure along the magnetopause, the magnetosphere changes from its usual comet-like shape to that resembling a tadpole as it attempts to return to a dipolar structure. Plasmasheet reconnection is inhibited.
Kageyama Akira
Sato Takeshi
Usadi Adam
Watanabe Katsuhiro
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