RCM-E simulation of bimodal transport in the plasma sheet

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dc.citation.journalTitleGeophysical Research Lettersen_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber41en_US
dc.contributor.authorYang, Jianen_US
dc.contributor.authorWolf, Richard A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorToffoletto, Frank R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSazykin, Stanislaven_US
dc.contributor.authorWang, Chih-Pingen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-07T16:11:40Zen_US
dc.date.available2014-04-07T16:11:40Zen_US
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractPlasma sheet transport is bimodal, consisting of both large-scale adiabatic convection and intermittent bursty flows in both earthward and tailward directions. We present two comparison simulations with the Rice Convection Model-Equilibrium (RCM-E) to investigate how those high-speed flows affect the average configuration of the magnetosphere and its coupling to the ionosphere. One simulation represents pure large-scale slow-flow convection with time-independent boundary conditions; in addition to the background convection, the other simulation randomly imposes bubbles and blobs through the tailward boundary to a degree consistent with observed statistical properties of flows. Our results show that the bursty flows can significantly alter the magnetic and entropy profiles in the plasma sheet as well as the field-aligned current distributions in the ionosphere, bringing them into much better agreement with average observations.en_US
dc.identifier.citationYang, Jian, Wolf, Richard A., Toffoletto, Frank R., et al.. "RCM-E simulation of bimodal transport in the plasma sheet." <i>Geophysical Research Letters,</i> 41, (2014) American Geophysical Union: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL059400.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL059400en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/75838en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Unionen_US
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dc.titleRCM-E simulation of bimodal transport in the plasma sheeten_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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