Title :
Global Magnetohydrodynamic Simulation and Visualization of Magnetic Flux Rope in the Earth´s Magnetotail
Author :
Matsuoka, Daisuke ; Murata, Ken T. ; Yamamoto, Kazunori ; Fujita, Shigeru ; Tanaka, Takashi
Author_Institution :
Earth Simulator Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Sci. & Technol., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
Magnetic flux rope in the Earth´s magnetotail is studied by using a global magnetohydrodynamic simulation. We visualized the 3-D structures and temporal changes of magnetic flux rope. It shows that the magnetic flux rope changes its magnetic topology due to the magnetic reconnections during a propagation process.
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; geophysical fluid dynamics; geophysics computing; grid computing; magnetic reconnection; magnetohydrodynamics; magnetosphere; 3D structure visualization; Earth magnetotail; finite volume total variation diminishing scheme; global magnetohydrodynamic simulation; magnetic flux rope visualization; magnetic reconnection; magnetic topology; plasma fluid; unstructured grid system; Earth; Magnetic flux; Magnetohydrodynamics; Magnetosphere; Sun; Topology; Visualization; Magnetic fields; magnetohydrodynamics; magnetosphere; simulation; visualization;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2011.2162080
