Submitting Campus
Daytona Beach
Department
Physical Sciences
Document Type
Article
Publication/Presentation Date
5-2011
Abstract/Description
We present a local mesoscale model of the magnetospheric cusp region with high resolution (up to 300 km). We discuss the construction and implementation of the initial configuration and give a detailed description of the numerical simulation. An overview of simulation results for the case of strongly northward interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) is then presented and compared with data from Cluster 2 spacecraft from 14 February 2003. Results show a cusp diamagnetic cavity (CDC) with depth normal to the magnetospheric boundary on the order of 1–2Re and a much larger extent of ~5–9Re tangential to the boundary, bounded by a gradual inner boundary with the magnetospheric lobe and a more distinct exterior boundary with the magnetosheath. These results are qualitatively consistent with observational data.
Publication Title
Annales Geophysicae
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-29-759-2011
Publisher
European Geosciences Union
Grant or Award Name
NASA grants NNG06GG89Gprog07 and NNX09AI09Gprog2010, NSF grant #0703327
Scholarly Commons Citation
Adamson, E., Otto, A., & Nykyri, K. (2011). 3-D Mesoscale MHD Simulations of a Cusp-Like Magnetic Configuration: Method and First Results. Annales Geophysicae, 29(). https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-29-759-2011
