HR: 14:55h
AN: SH53C-05    [Abstracts]
TI: Space Environment Forecasting for the Exploration Initiative with the Space Weather Modeling Framework
AU: * Gombosi, T I
EM: tamas@umich.edu
AF: Center for Space Environment Modeling, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 United States
AU: Toth, G
EM: gtoth@umich.edu
AF: Center for Space Environment Modeling, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 United States
AU: Sokolov, I V
EM: igorsok@umich.edu
AF: Center for Space Environment Modeling, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 United States
AU: De Zeeuw, D L
EM: darrens@umich.edu
AF: Center for Space Environment Modeling, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 United States
AU: Ridley, A J
EM: ridley@umich.edu
AF: Center for Space Environment Modeling, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 United States
AU: Kane, K
EM: kanek@umich.edu
AF: Center for Space Environment Modeling, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 United States
AU: Volberg, O
EM: volov@umich.edu
AF: Center for Space Environment Modeling, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 United States
AU: Hansen, K C
EM: kenhan@umich.edu
AF: Center for Space Environment Modeling, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 United States
AU: Manchester, W B
EM: chipm@umich.edu
AF: Center for Space Environment Modeling, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 United States
AU: Roussev, I I
EM: iroussev@umich.edu
AF: Center for Space Environment Modeling, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 United States
AU: Clauer, C R
EM: rclauer@umich.edu
AF: Center for Space Environment Modeling, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 United States
AU: Powell, K G
EM: powell@umich.edu
AF: Center for Space Environment Modeling, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 United States
AU: Stout, Q F
EM: qstout@umich.edu
AF: Center for Space Environment Modeling, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 United States
AB: Robotic and human exploration of the solar system poses the challenge to model and eventually forecast the plasma and energetic particle environment throughout the inner heliosphere. This talk will describe the recently developed Space Weather Modeling Framework (SWMF) that combines numerical models of the solar corona (the global structure is determined by synoptic magnetograms), magnetically driven solar eruptions, the inner heliosphere out to Saturn's orbit, solar energetic particles, the global magnetosphere, the particle drift physics controlled inner magnetosphere, the radiation belts, the ionospheric electrodynamics and the upper atmosphere and ionosphere into a high performance coupled simulation. This powerful simulation tool is presently capable of running faster than real-time from the Sun to Earth and it will be further developed into a space weather forecasting tool for the Exploration initiative. Particular attention will be paid to predicting solar energetic particle spectra and fluxes throughout the inner heliosphere. The SWMF is capable of simulating the acceleration and transport of energetic particles together with a self-consistent description of interplanetary transients that generate and accelerate the SEP population.
UR: http://csem.engin.umich.edu
DE: 5421 Interactions with particles and fields
DE: 6225 Mars
DE: 6250 Moon (1221)
DE: 2100 INTERPLANETARY PHYSICS
DE: 2114 Energetic particles, heliospheric (7514)
SC: SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics [SH]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting