Abstract

A case study was conducted for simulated processes of magnetosphere-ionosphere (M-I) coupling process using a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation code developed by Tanaka (2010). We combined the MHD simulation and solar wind parameters derived from the ACE satellite, and compared the ionospheric E × B plasma drift obtained from the global MHD simulation and that obtained from the SuperDARN HF Radar Network. The simulated plasma drift was not always reproducible under a southward interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) condition. We believe that the M-I boundary conditions in the global MHD simulation includes insufficient factors for the M-I coupling process.

Details

Title
Numerical simulation of ionospheric convection with a global MHD simulation
Author
Saita, Satoko 1 ; Fujita, Shigeru 2 ; Kadokura, Akira 3 ; Tanaka, Takashi 4 ; Tanaka, Yoshimasa 3 

 National Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu College, Kitakyushu, Japan 
 Meteorological College, Japan Meteorological Agency, Chiba, Japan 
 National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan 
 International Center for Space Weather Science and Education, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan 
Publication year
2018
Publication date
May 2018
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17426588
e-ISSN
17426596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2572322854
Copyright
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