Space Weather: Further Development of a Model of Solar Wing-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interaction

该项目将使用密歇根MHD代码的MHD建模与卫星和地面观测相结合，研究太阳风与磁层顶的相互作用。特别地，将审查两个主题。第一个主题是动量通过在日侧磁层顶的重联从太阳风转移到磁层的机制。第二个主题将是磁层对行星际磁场由南向北变化的响应。

This project will combine MHD modeling using the Michigan MHD code with satellite and ground-based observations to study the interaction of the solar wind with the magnetopause. In particular, two topics will be examined. The first topic is the mechanism by which momentum is transferred from the solar wind to the magnetosphere by reconnection at the dayside magnetopause. The second topic will be the response of the magnetosphere to a change of the interplanetary magnetic field from southward to northward.