A NEW THREE-DIMENSIONAL SOLAR WIND MODEL IN SPHERICAL COORDINATES WITH A SIX-COMPONENT GRID

Feng, Xueshang; Zhang, Man; Zhou, Yufen

doi:10.1088/0067-0049/214/1/6

Title: A NEW THREE-DIMENSIONAL SOLAR WIND MODEL IN SPHERICAL COORDINATES WITH A SIX-COMPONENT GRID

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In this paper, we introduce a new three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics numerical model to simulate the steady state ambient solar wind from the solar surface to 215 R {sub s} or beyond, and the model adopts a splitting finite-volume scheme based on a six-component grid system in spherical coordinates. By splitting the magnetohydrodynamics equations into a fluid part and a magnetic part, a finite volume method can be used for the fluid part and a constrained-transport method able to maintain the divergence-free constraint on the magnetic field can be used for the magnetic induction part. This new second-order model in space and time is validated when modeling the large-scale structure of the solar wind. The numerical results for Carrington rotation 2064 show its ability to produce structured solar wind in agreement with observations.

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Feng, Xueshang; Zhang, Man; Zhou, Yufen ^[1]

SIGMA Weather Group, State Key Laboratory for Space Weather, Center for Space Science and Applied Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 (China)

Publication Date:: Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014

OSTI Identifier:: 22340172

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 214; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0067-0049

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CURVILINEAR COORDINATES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; ROTATION; SOLAR WIND; SPHERICAL CONFIGURATION; STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS

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                    Feng, Xueshang, Zhang, Man, and Zhou, Yufen. A NEW THREE-DIMENSIONAL SOLAR WIND MODEL IN SPHERICAL COORDINATES WITH A SIX-COMPONENT GRID.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
        Web.  doi:10.1088/0067-0049/214/1/6.

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                    Feng, Xueshang, Zhang, Man, & Zhou, Yufen. A NEW THREE-DIMENSIONAL SOLAR WIND MODEL IN SPHERICAL COORDINATES WITH A SIX-COMPONENT GRID.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/214/1/6

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                    Feng, Xueshang, Zhang, Man, and Zhou, Yufen. 2014.  
        "A NEW THREE-DIMENSIONAL SOLAR WIND MODEL IN SPHERICAL COORDINATES WITH A SIX-COMPONENT GRID".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/214/1/6.

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@article{osti_22340172,

  title        = {A NEW THREE-DIMENSIONAL SOLAR WIND MODEL IN SPHERICAL COORDINATES WITH A SIX-COMPONENT GRID},

  author       = {Feng, Xueshang and Zhang, Man and Zhou, Yufen},

  abstractNote = {In this paper, we introduce a new three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics numerical model to simulate the steady state ambient solar wind from the solar surface to 215 R {sub s} or beyond, and the model adopts a splitting finite-volume scheme based on a six-component grid system in spherical coordinates. By splitting the magnetohydrodynamics equations into a fluid part and a magnetic part, a finite volume method can be used for the fluid part and a constrained-transport method able to maintain the divergence-free constraint on the magnetic field can be used for the magnetic induction part. This new second-order model in space and time is validated when modeling the large-scale structure of the solar wind. The numerical results for Carrington rotation 2064 show its ability to produce structured solar wind in agreement with observations.},

  doi          = {10.1088/0067-0049/214/1/6},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22340172},
  journal      = {Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series},

  issn         = {0067-0049},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 214,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},

  month        = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}

}

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