HR: 17:15h
AN: SH54A-06 INVITED     [Abstracts]
TI: Understanding the Solar Terrestrial Environment through Numerical Simulation
AU: * Goodrich, C
EM: ccg@bu.edu
AF: Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling, Boston University 725 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215 United States
AB: Since the beginning of the space age, we have made great strides in understanding of the solar-terrestrial environment and in particular the influence of the Sun with the Earth and the Earth's space environment, or Space Weather. Much of this new understanding has been driven by the ever increasing volume and precision of spacecraft observations, along with complimentary earth based measurements. However, despite the growing fleet of spacecraft that has evolved into the Great Observatory, the solar terrestrial environment remains severely undersampled. Numerical simulations are capable of exploring beyond the direct reach of our observations and providing the global context in which to understand them. However, the observations are vitally important to drive realistic simulations. They are perhaps even more important to validate the simulation results, as the simulations remain numerical experiments until proven to have realistic results. The goal of the Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling is to produce system wide sun to mud simulation models, a daunting task, in part due to the vigorous CISM effort of data-driven model validation. This talk will emphasize the synthesis of modeling and data at the core of CISM.
DE: 2100 INTERPLANETARY PHYSICS
DE: 2736 Magnetosphere/ionosphere interactions (2431)
DE: 2753 Numerical modeling
DE: 7509 Corona
SC: SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics [SH]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005