项目编号: | 1602816
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项目名称: | GEM: Construction of a Storm-Time Plasma Sheet Model Including Effects of Bubble Injections |
作者: | Jian Yang
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承担单位: | William Marsh Rice University
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批准年: | 2017
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开始日期: | 2017-09-01
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结束日期: | 2020-08-31
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资助金额: | 269454
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资助来源: | US-NSF
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项目类别: | Standard Grant
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国家: | US
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语种: | 英语
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特色学科分类: | Geosciences - Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
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英文关键词: | bubble/bbf injection
; plasma-sheet
; near-earth plasma sheet
; plasma sheet model
; model
; new model
; plasma
; geomagnetic storm
; empirical model
; plasma sheet
; source population
; plasma transport
; plasma-sheet bubble
; plasma mass
; first empirical plasma-sheet model
; bubble structure
; background plasma distribution
; meso-scale intermittent bubble injection
; smooth plasma distribution
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英文摘要: | Plasma transport from the outer magnetosphere towards the Earth was thought to be dominated by large-scale convective flows. However, satellite observations have given a new view in which an estimated 60%-100% of the Earthward transport of plasma mass and energy through the magnetosphere is in the form of flow bursts (short-lived flows with velocities exceeding 400 km/s) and bursty bulk flows (longer duration flows containing flow bursts). These bursty bulk flows (BBFs) are associated with plasma-sheet bubbles (regions of closed magnetic flux with lower entropy than their surroundings). The lower entropy makes it possible for them to be more easily injected into the inner magnetosphere and thus, the particles they contain may be important seed and source populations for the ring current and radiation belts. This developing view of the plasma sheet with bubble structures and bursts of Earthward flow is far different than the relatively smooth plasma distributions and large-scale flows in plasma sheet models that are in common usage. The goal of this project is to construct the first empirical plasma-sheet model that explicitly includes the climatology of bubble/BBF injections during geomagnetic storms. The new model will be made freely available and thus serve as a valuable resource for other groups engaged in magnetospheric research. Using this new model in a series of simulations, the research team will address questions that are aimed at enhancing understanding about the effects of the bubbles in providing a source population for the high-energy radiation in the inner magnetosphere. The project will provide support for the professional development of an early-career researcher, training for graduate students, and a research experience for high school students, thus contributing to building the future scientific workforce.
The proposers take an interesting approach to the construction of the plasma sheet model. Instead of using observations to build an empirical model, the research team will obtain the statistical features of the plasma and electric field distributions in the near-Earth plasma sheet using systematic data-constrained computer simulations. The simulations will be optimized to match observed geomagnetic indices, statistical properties of bubbles/BBFs and the background plasma distribution. The newly constructed model will contain the full statistical information on both the background distribution and the meso-scale intermittent bubble injections. The proposal team will use the model to explore: (1) how bubble/BBF injections modulate the background distribution of plasma and electric field in the near-Earth plasma sheet during different phases of geomagnetic storms, and (2) how the seed and source populations for the radiation belt electrons are transported to and distributed along geosynchronous orbit through bubble/BBF injections. |
资源类型: | 项目
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标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/89104
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Appears in Collections: | 全球变化的国际研究计划 科学计划与规划
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Recommended Citation: |
Jian Yang. GEM: Construction of a Storm-Time Plasma Sheet Model Including Effects of Bubble Injections. 2017-01-01.
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