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Proehl, J.A., Lotko, W., Kouznetsov, I. and Geimer, S.D. (2002). Ultralow-frequency magnetohydrodynamics in boundary-constrained geomagnetic flux coordinates. Journal of Geophysical Research 107: doi: 10.1029/2001JA000135. issn: 0148-0227. |
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A new method is described for constructing geomagnetic flux coordinates, constrained by magnetospheric and ionospheric boundary surfaces. The technique is especially useful for computing boundary value solutions in a geometry defined by a realistic, three-dimensional geomagnetic field with boundary conditions specified on surfaces oriented arbitrarily relative to the background magnetic field. An adaptable algorithm for calculating the metric tensor for a general class of geomagnetic flux coordinate systems is presented. Application to ultralow-frequency wave propagation in the magnetosphere is illustrated by solving the equations of linear, one-fluid magnetohydrodynamics for the driven field line resonance in a dipolar geomagnetic field bounded by a spherical ionosphere. A novel diagnostic for energy flow in the driven resonance problem shows that MHD wave power flows radially inward as a compressional wave from the boundary driver to the resonant flux surface, is diverted azimuthally at the resonant surface, and becomes field-aligned in the resonant surface by coupling to the magnetically guided Alfv¿n wave at locations where the shear mode is in azimuthal phase quadrature with the compressional driver. |
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Keywords
Magnetospheric Physics, MHD waves and instabilities, Magnetospheric Physics, Numerical modeling, Space Plasma Physics, Numerical simulation studies, Space Plasma Physics, Transport processes |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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