Rice Convection Model simulation of the substorm-associated injection of an observed bubble into the inner magnetosphere: 1. Magnetic field and other inputs

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Aug 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009jgra..11408218z&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 114, Issue A8, CiteID A08218

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Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetosphere: Inner, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, Magnetospheric Physics: Numerical Modeling, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetic Storms And Substorms (7954), Magnetospheric Physics: Substorms

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The objective of this work is a realistic Rice Convection Model (RCM) simulation of a modest substorm that occurred on 22 July 1998 and was observed by the Geotail spacecraft in the inner plasma sheet. It represents the first time the RCM has been used for detailed modeling of an inner magnetospheric event using data from a spacecraft in the inner plasma sheet beyond geosynchronous orbit to drive the model's time-dependent boundary conditions. Since this represents a substantial departure from past practice, we present, in this paper, a detailed account of how model inputs are determined. An accompanying paper presents results and interpretations. Model inputs are adjusted to achieve approximate consistency between RCM-computed values and measurements by Geotail, which was within the RCM modeling region near X GSM = -9 R E , Y GSM = 0. To represent the magnetic field in the growth phase, we utilize a Tsyganenko (1989) statistical magnetic field model, adjusted to agree with Geotail-measured pressure and magnetic field in a new way using analytic solutions to the linear Grad-Shafranov equation. The magnetic field during the expansion phase is represented by adding a substorm current wedge using formulas developed by Tsyganenko. Induction electric fields play a central role in these simulations, because they are large in the vicinity of the substorm injection region. We provide a detailed description of how induction electric fields are included in the RCM as well as a prescription of the electromagnetic gauge condition used in the code.

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