Proposal Coupling of Earth's Magnetosphere and Ionosphere in a Realistic Magnetic Field
Abstract
This was a two part performance proposal consisting of (1) Completion of a computer simulation code to model the Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere coupling in a realistic magnetic field; (2) development of a new plasma kinetic theory, the guiding field line approximation, and application of it to the calculation of plasma current in a steady state. We started with the ionospheric electrodynamics for a realistic magnetic field to solve Vasyliunas' coupling equation which represents the coupling of the Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere. Model was constructed on the basis of International Geomagnectic Reference Field, we assumed that no electric potential drop along field lines and no magnetospheric current exist except for a birkeland current that flows along a flux tube from one hemisphere to another.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA387432
Entities
People
- Philippe Le-sager
- Tian-sen Huang
- Yuri V. Petrov