THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE AN ADAPTIVE HYBRID MODEL (KINETIC ION/FLUID ELECTRON) THAT GOES BEYOND FLUID DESCRIPTION TO THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY THROUGH CCMC. THE ADAPTIVE HYBRID CODE HYPERS WILL FEED DIRECTLY INTO GLOBAL MHD CODES AVAILABLE AT THE CCMC TO RECREATE TURBULENT FORESHOCK CONDITIONS IN GLOBAL MHD SIMULATIONS AT CCMC. THE PROJECT WILL EMPOWER CCMC SCIENCE USERS TO STUDY IMPACTS OF TURBULENT FORESHOCK CONDITIONS ON GLOBAL MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS DURING STORMS AND SUBSTORMS. SELECT SEVERAL SOLAR WIND CONDITIONS WILL BE UTILIZED AS 3-DIMENTIONAL TEST CASES TO ADDRESS RECONNECTION TURBULENCE ON MULTIPLE SCALES INCLUDING KINETIC TURBULENCE KINETIC ALFVEN WAVES ION CYCLOTRON WAVES DRIFT WAVES AND MIRROR MODE. ALL OF THESE REQUIRE MORE THAN FLUID CODES CAN CONTRIBUTE. ALSO ABILITY TO UTILIZE SELECTED INPUT CONDITIONS WILL ENABLE CCMC AND ITS USERS TO INVESTIGATE THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT MODELS OF APPLIED RESISTIVITY AND MESH RESOLUTION ON RECONNECTION AND TURBULENCE. LASTLY THE PROJECT WILL ENABLE THE VISUALIZATION OF 3D HYPERS OUTPUT THROUGH THE CCMC WEB-BASED SYSTEM. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE RESEARCH COMMUNITY THROUGH CCMC THE 3 DIMENSIONAL (3D) ADAPTIVE HYBRID (KINETIC ION/FLUID ELECTRON) CODE HYPERS TO ENABLE CCMC AND ITS USERS TO INVESTIGATE THE IMPACT OF NON-FLUID EFFECTS ON GMAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS AND TO FEED 3D HYPERS OUTPUT DIRECTLY INTO GLOBAL MHD CODES AVAILABLE AT THE CCMC.
$143,551FY2022National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA
Space Science Institute, Boulder CO