Modeling Magnetospheric Plasma: 1st Workshop of Magnetosphere/Ionosphere Plasma Models: Papers (Geophysical Monograph Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0875900704 ISBN 13: 9780875900704

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1988

Synopsis

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 44.

Existing models of the plasma distribution and dynamics in magnetosphere / ionosphere systems form a patchwork quilt of different techniques and boundaries chosen to define tractable problems. With increasing sophistication in both observational and modeling techniques has come the desire to overcome these limitations and strive for a more unified description of these systems. On the observational side, we have recently acquired routine access to diagnostic information on the lowest energy bulk plasma, completing our view of the plasma and making possible comparisons with magnetohydrodynamic calculations of plasma moments. On the theoretical side, rising computational capabilities and shrewdly designed computational techniques have permitted the first attacks on the global structure of the magnetosphere. Similar advances in the modeling of neutral atmospheric circulation suggest an emergent capability to globally treat the coupling between plasma and neutral gases. Simultaneously, computer simulation has proven to be a very useful tool for understanding magnetospheric behaviors on smaller space and time scales.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0875900704
• ISBN 13: 9780875900704
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 334
• Editor: Moore T. E., Waite Jr. J. H.