The GUMICS-4 global MHD magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling simulation

P. Janhunen*, Minna Palmroth, Tiera Laitinen, I. Honkonen, L. Juusola, G. Facskó, Tuija I. Pulkkinen

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    Abstract

    GUMICS-4 is a global magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling simulation based on global MHD magnetosphere and an electrostatic ionosphere. Here we review the development history, design and technical features of GUMICS-4 as well as a number of its postprocessing tools. We also compare GUMICS-4 predictions with observations for magnetopause distance, interplantary magnetic field penetration in the magnetotail, ionospheric field-aligned current pattern and other quantities. Based on the comparisons we can conclude that to a useful extent and with certain limitations, GUMICS-4 can reveal the detailed spatiotemporal behaviour of the magnetosphere-ionosphere system under given solar wind forcing. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)48-59
    Number of pages12
    JournalJournal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
    Volume80
    Issue numberMay
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - May 2012
    MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

    Keywords

    • Global MHD simulation
    • Magnetosphere
    • Modelling
    • Numerical simulation

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