Toward Improved Space Weather Prediction through the Observation and Modeling of Coronal Magnetism
Abstract
The overarching motivation for this work is the need to predict the geoeffectiveness of interplanetary coronal mass ejections (CMEs). This is a complex problem, requiring an understanding of the magnetic structure that leaves the Sun in a CME, of how it propagates through and interacts with the solar wind, and of how it impacts the Earth's magnetosphere and couples with the upper atmosphere. We focused on the weak link in the very beginning of this chain: what is the internal magnetic structure of the CME? The goal of our project was to develop a new methodology for assimilating coronal magnetic diagnostic data into magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) models in order to establish not only the magnetic structure of the source region of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), but also the global field into which it erupts. Our project name is Data-Optimized Coronal Field Model, or DOCFM.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 29, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1104522
Entities
People
- Sarah Gibson
Organizations
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research