Use of a Hybrid Code for Global-Scale
Plasma Simulation

By
Daniel W. Swift
Geophysical Institute
University of Alaska
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-7320

To appear in the May 1996 issue of
Journal of Computational Physics, Vol 125, #2

Since HTML doesn't readily handle mathematical equations, this preprint is available in PostScript form for downloading and printing. The figures referenced within are also available here as GIF files, which may be viewed or printed with an HTML browser, or downloaded via FTP.

Figure 1:
A coordinate cell showing the position and orientation of curvilinear components of the magnetic and electric fields.

Figure 2:
The coordinate system used to simulate the noon meridian plane of the magnetosphere. For the sake of clarity only a third of the coordinate lines are shown.

Figure 3:
Magnetic field vectors (a), logarithm of the magnetic field intensity (b), the y-component of the magnetic field (c), the plasma density (d), the plasma flow vectors (e) and the magnitude of the plasma flow speed (f).

Figure 4:
Same as Figure 3, except at the end of the run.

For more information, please Email Dan.Swift@gi.alaska.edu