• DocumentCode
    1300999
  • 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
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    2716
  • Lastpage
    2717
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2011.2162080
  • Filename
    5989871