Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(40674082,40974106,40921063,40831060);the Specialized Research Fund for State Key Laboratories
The north-south component B_z of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field(IMF) and solar wind dynamic pressure P_d are generally treated as the two main factors in the solar wind that determine the geometry of the magnetosph...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40921063, 40974106,40831060);the special fund for State Key Laboratory of Ministry of Science and Technology
With the approaching of the 24th solar cycle peak year (2012-2014), the impacts of super solar storms on the geospace envi- ronment have drawn attentions. Based on the geomagnetic field observations during Carringto...
Supported by grants NNSFC (40831060,40621003);NKBRSF G2006CB806304 in China
This paper presents a brief summary of our recent work based on global MHD simulations of the Solar wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere (SMI) system with emphasis on the electrodynamic coupling in the system.The main conclu...