Published November 30, 2021
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Where is Region 1 field-aligned current generated?
Description
This contains the original simulation data used by the paper 'Where is Region 1 field-aligned current generated?', which will appear in Journal of Geophysical Research - Space Physics. The data were obtained by the global MHD simulation (REPPU) with Level 6.
The VTK file (Visualization Tookkit format) contains the physical variables in the magnetosphere at t = 244. 8 min as
- plasma pressure (P in nPa),
- velocity vector (V in km/s),
- current density vector (J in nA/m2),
- magnetic field vector (B in nT).
The VTK file can be opened by Visualization Toolkit, and 3-D visualization software packages "VisIT", and "ParaView".
The ASCII files named packet-position-P.txt and packet-position-Q.txt include lists of the position of the packet traced backward in time from the positions P and Q, respectively.