Computer Science
Scientific paper
May 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994stin...9519739b&link_type=abstract
Unknown
Computer Science
Diurnal Variations, Jupiter (Planet), Magnetopause, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Planetary Magnetospheres, Plasma Currents, Precession, Solar Planetary Interactions, Magnetic Dipoles, Solar Wind, Space Plasmas, Three Dimensional Models
Scientific paper
A functional representation of the magnetic field contribution of the solar-wind-driven electric currents on the magnetopause of Jupiter is presented. The representation accounts for the precession of the magnetic axis and the consequential diurnal variation of the shape of the magnetopause. Existing models of the two interior field sources (planetary dipole and currents of trapped plasma) were incorporated into a set of eight three-dimensional static models. Each model assumed a 10 deg tilt of the magnetic axis with respect to Jupiter's rotation axis. This set includes representations published for a tilt toward (Alpha = 0 deg) and away from (Alpha = 180 deg) the Sun in the noon-midnight meridian plane, as well as six complementary analogous models for azimuthal angles of 45 deg, 90 deg, 135 deg, 225 deg, 270 deg, and 315 deg. The representations were connected by replacing expansion coefficients with continuous functions which replicated each of the eight original static models and interpolated between them. The result is a time-dependent functional representation of the magnetic potential of the magnetopause surface currents in terms of an expansion in associated Legendre functions. This model yields predicted magnetic field components for any location within the magnetosphere as Jupiter's magnetic axis precesses during the course of a Jovian day (9h 55m 41s).
No associations
LandOfFree
Modeling the diurnally precessing Jovian magnetospheric field does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.
If you have personal experience with Modeling the diurnally precessing Jovian magnetospheric field, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Modeling the diurnally precessing Jovian magnetospheric field will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1682151