HR: 11:35h
AN: SM52A-05    [Abstracts]
TI: Use of Animation for the Visualization of Large-Scale ULF Waves in the Magnetosphere
AU: * Freeman, J W
EM: freeman@rice.edu
AF: Rice University, MS - 108 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005 United States
AB: ULF waves can be simulated by magnetospheric MHD models. These waves are best visualized through animation of the model output. Most importantly, this approach allows the elucidation of the global morphology of ULF poloidal as well as toroidal waves with a multiplicity of modes and harmonics. We will present output animation from one or more runs of the BATS-R-US model where the model input is a synthetic solar wind wave train with oscillations in the solar wind proton density at ULF frequencies. We will show how the observed wave morphology can shed light on the acceleration of energetic electrons.
DE: 2740 Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics
DE: 2752 MHD waves and instabilities
DE: 2753 Numerical modeling
SC: SPA-Magnetospheric Physics [SM]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting