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Quantitative simulation of a magnetospheric substorm. I - Model logic and overviewResults of a comprehensive computer simulation of the behavior of the earth's inner magnetosphere during a substorm-type event are reported. It is pointed out that the computer model self-consistently computes electric fields, currents, and plasma distributions and velocities in the inner-magnetosphere/ionosphere system; parallel electric fields and ionospheric neutral winds, however, are not included. The basic equations of the model are derived, and the inputs are described. An overview of the results is also given. The first appendix contains derivations of general, useful laws of bounce-averaged gradient, curvature, and E x B drifts in a plasma with isotropic pitch angle distribution. The second appendix gives a description of the numerical method used in the simulation.
Document ID
19810047782
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Harel, M.
(Rice Univ. Houston, TX, United States)
Wolf, R. A.
(Rice Univ. Houston, TX, United States)
Reiff, P. H.
(Rice Univ. Houston, TX, United States)
Spiro, R. W.
(Rice University Houston, Tex., United States)
Burke, W. J.
(Rice Univ. Houston, TX, United States)
Rich, F. J.
(Regis College Weston, Mass., United States)
Smiddy, M.
(USAF, Geophysics Laboratory, Bedford Mass., United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1981
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 86
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
81A32186
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: F19628-77-C-0005
CONTRACT_GRANT: F19628-80-C-0009
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-44-006-137
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-79-20157
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-74-21185
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