Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Jun 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....98.9519j&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. A6, p. 9519-9530.
Mathematics
Logic
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Field Aligned Currents, Ionospheric Conductivity, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling, Two Dimensional Models, Alternating Direction Implicit Methods, Ionospheric Drift
Scientific paper
We describe a numerical ionosphere-magnetosphere coupling model with a relationship between the field-aligned potential drop and the ionospheric conductivities. A 2D incompressible MHD model for the magnetosphere, field lines with finite resistivity, a '2-1/2-dimensional' ionosphere, as well as a phenomenological modeling of the ionization process are integrated in a time-dependent fluid simulation code. We discuss the algorithm and the validity of the results and give an example run with possible application to eastward drifting Omega bands of the morning sector. Our model is valid for time scales longer than the Alfven bounce time and for spatial scales roughly between 10 and 1000 km. It is found that the inhomogeneous ionospheric conductivities affect the system dynamics substantially. This feature is essential when the model is used to study the development of auroral forms.
Huuskonen Asko
Janhunen Pekka
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