Numerical modeling of the terrestrial magnetosphere

地球磁层的数值模拟

• 批准号: 396213-2011
• 负责人: Kabin, Konstantin
• 金额: $ 2.4万
• 依托单位: Royal Military College of Canada
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=633487
• 关键词: Numerical; modeling; terrestrial; magnetosphere

The terrestrial magnetosphere is created by the interaction of the Earth's internal magnetic field with the supersonic solar wind continuously streaming from the Sun. Physical processes in the near Earth space environment have tremendous effects on many aspects of modern technology. These effects include GPS accuracy, quality of high-frequency radio communications, especially at the high geographic latitudes, performance of various space assets, including numerous failures of scientific and commercial satellites. The research described in this proposal is aimed at improving our understanding of the terrestrial magnetosphere and developing research tools applicable to improving performance of space assets. The focus of our research is using advanced numerical modeling to describe and understand the physics of the near Earth space environment. To this end we will collaborate with various Canadian and International experimental space physics groups in using their data-sets to validate and improve the current generation of the global circulation models for the terrestrial magnetosphere. We will also implement additional numerical models to assess danger to satellites in space coming from high-energy electrons which often cause serious failures of satellite electronics. Various aspects of the proposed research will be used for Highly Qualified Personnel training at Master/Phd student as well as Postdoctoral levels.

地球磁层是由地球内部磁场与来自太阳的持续不断的超音速太阳风相互作用而形成的。近地空间环境中的物理过程对现代技术的许多方面具有巨大影响。这些影响包括 GPS 精度、高频无线电通信的质量（尤其是在高地理纬度地区）、各种空间资产的性能（包括科学和商业卫星的多次故障）。该提案中描述的研究旨在增进我们对陆地磁层的了解，并开发适用于提高空间资产性能的研究工具。我们研究的重点是使用先进的数值模型来描述和理解近地空间环境的物理现象。为此，我们将与加拿大和国际各个实验空间物理小组合作，利用他们的数据集来验证和改进当前一代的地球磁层全球环流模型。我们还将实施额外的数值模型来评估高能电子对太空卫星的危险，高能电子通常会导致卫星电子设备发生严重故障。拟议研究的各个方面将用于硕士/博士生以及博士后水平的高素质人才培训。