Physics
Scientific paper
May 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001agusm..sm32a27w&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2001, abstract #SM32A-27
Physics
2753 Numerical Modeling, 2760 Plasma Convection, 2768 Plasmasphere, 2788 Storms And Substorms
Scientific paper
The Global Plasmaspheric Ionospheric Density (GPID) model has been developed to simulate the cold, dense plasma that surrounds the Earth out to a distance of some four Earth radii. This highly dynamic region, located above the ionosphere, is called the plasmasphere. One of the main characteristics of the plasmasphere is the plasmapause, where the plasma density drops by around an order of magnitude over a short spatial distance. GPID models the formation of the plasmapause using a new empirical method, which accurately reproduces the experimental observed location of the plasmapause across all geomagnetic storm conditions. However, no physical explanation has yet been found to account for this agreement. This presentation will describe the approach used by GPID to model the formation of the plasmapause and attempts to find a physical reason for the success of this method.
Essex Elizabeth A.
Webb Phillip A.
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