GEM: Substorm Physics in the GEM Geospace General Circulation Model: Linking a Tail-Dynamics Module with the Rice Convection Model

该项目是一项合作努力，通过耦合内磁层和电离层的物理学（如赖斯对流模型所代表的）和尾部的物理学（如洛斯-阿拉莫斯/戈达德MHD尾部动力学模型所代表的），构建第一个亚暴的自洽计算模型。 第三个要素是通过洛斯阿拉莫斯-戈达德-赖斯合作开发的平衡代码。 完全合并的Tail-MHD/RCM模型预计将成为一个强大的工具，用于测试亚暴理论的一致性，并进行精确的理论预测，可以与观测进行比较。 该项目是全球地球观测系统开发模块化全球地球空间环流模型工作的一部分，包括核心模块与尾部/亚暴模块的原型耦合。

This project is a collaborative effort to construct the first self- consistent computational model of a substorm by coupling the physics of the inner magnetosphere and the ionosphere (as represented by the Rice Convection Model) and the physics of the tail (as represented by the Los-Alamos/Goddard MHD model of tail dynamics). A third element is an equilibrium code that has been developed through a Los Alamos - Goddard - Rice collaboration. The fully merged Tail-MHD/RCM model is anticipated to be a powerful tool for testing substorm ideas for theoretical consistency and for making precise theoretical predictions that can be compared with observations. The project has evolved as part of the GEM effort to develop a modular Global Geospace General Circulation Model and consists of a prototypical coupling of a Core Module to a Tail/Substorm Module.