Space Weather: Modeling of the Open Magnetosphere Using Large Sets of Spacecraft Data

该项目将改进目前关于高纬度和距地球更远的地球磁场的模型。 新模型将包括一个取决于太阳风压和行星际磁场的磁层顶位置模型。 在模型中将包括响应于IMF的By分量的交叉尾电流片的扭曲，以及由于磁鞘等离子体的抗磁效应而导致的磁层尖点中的磁场的深度凹陷。 该模型将通过国家空间科学数据中心的网站分发给科学界。

This project will improve current models of the Earth's magnetic field at high latitudes and at larger distances from the Earth than current models. The new model will include a model of the location of the magnetopause that depends on solar wind pressure and the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF). The twisting of the cross-tail current sheet in response to the By-component of the IMF will be included in the model as will the deep depression of the magnetic field in the magnetospheric cusp due to the diamagnetic effect of magnetosheath plasma. The model will be distributed to the scientific community via the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) web site.