EGU24-18633, updated on 11 Mar 2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-18633
EGU General Assembly 2024
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Connecting the Geoelectric Field to its Magnetospheric Sources in a Global Hybrid-Vlasov Simulation

Konstantinos Horaites1 and the the Vlasiator Team*
Konstantinos Horaites and the the Vlasiator Team
  • 1University of Helsinki, Physics, Helsinki, Finland
  • *A full list of authors appears at the end of the abstract

Field-aligned currents originating in Earth's magnetosphere can flow down to the ionosphere, where they spread out horizontally in order to close the circuit. These currents produce a fluctuating magnetic field, which in turn induces the ground geoelectric field. We study this system using the 3D global hybrid-Vlasov code Vlasiator, which has recently been extended to model ionospheric physics. This approach allows a straightforward analysis of how induced fields on Earth's surface are connected to their magnetospheric drivers. In particular, we consider how fluctuations near Earth's magnetopause can ultimately give rise to a dayside geoelectric field. Possible driving mechanisms considered include flux transfer events and magnetopause surface waves.

the Vlasiator Team:

Konstantinos Horaites, Markku Alho, Markus Battarbee, Giulia Cozzani, Maxime Dubart, Urs Ganse, Maxime Grandin, Liisa Juusola, Fasil Kebede, Venla Koikkalainen, Leo Kotipalo, Konstantinos Papadakis, Lauri Pänkäläinen, Pfau-Kempf, Jonas Suni, Vertti Tarvus, Shi Tao, Lucile Turc, Abiyot Workayehu, Ivan Zaitsev, Minna Palmroth

How to cite: Horaites, K. and the the Vlasiator Team: Connecting the Geoelectric Field to its Magnetospheric Sources in a Global Hybrid-Vlasov Simulation, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-18633, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-18633, 2024.