Current research focuses on developing the next generation of global simulations of the terrestrial magnetosphere and on intercalibrating existing simulation codes against themselves, data-based global models (e.g., those due to Tsyganenko), and against direct spacecraft observations. World-class research capabilities exist in all of these areas. A long-range objective is to develop global magnetosphere simulations, which allow for a quantitatively correct description of the terrestrial magnetosphere system. The presence of the SEC/LWS Programs at Goddard and their goal of understanding the global magnetosphere as a system provide a strong motivation for these research activities. The principal new techniques in global magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) code development include the construction of a finite element; a fully adaptive grid global MHD magnetospheric code, which will allow us to test the limits of MHD methods to modeling the global magnetosphere and on a longer timescale; and the use of hybrid and kinetic code patches to regions of the global MHD code where MHD is not applicable.

Location:
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland

Field of Science:Heliophysics Science

Advisors:
Alex Glocer
alex.glocer-1@nasa.gov
301-286-9475

Lutz Rastaetter
lutz.rastaetter-1@nasa.gov
301-286-1085

Hyunju Kim Connor
Hyunju.k.connor@nasa.gov
301.286.7417

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• Degree: Doctoral Degree.