Joe_Borovsky_022806_2

Title/Introduction: Sawtooth Solar Wind: What are equatorial dayside currents in the dipole?

Key Word: Sawtooth Wind

3D MHD Model: BATSRUS
Simulation With Modeled Conditions
Inflow Boundary Conditions: Fixed
Start Time: 2000/01/01 00:00
End Time: 2000/01/01 02:00
Dipole Tilt at Start in X-Z Plane: 0.0 deg.
Dipole Tilt in Y-Z GSE Plane: 0.0 deg.
Dipole Update With Time: no
Ionospheric Conductance: auroral
Corotation Velocity is Applied at The Inner Boundary. Corotation And Dipole Axis Are Aligned.
Radio Flux 10.7 cm: 150.
Coordinate System for the Output: GSM
Initial Solar Wind (SW) Parameters in GSM Coordinates:

SW Density: 3.4 n/cc
SW Temperature [Kelvin]: 98000. Kelvin
X Component of SW Velocity: -408. km/sec
Y Component of SW Velocity: 0. km/sec
Z Component of SW Velocity: 0. km/sec
IMF Bx: 0. nT
IMF By: 0. nT
IMF Bz: -19.6. nT
IMF |B|: 19.60 nT
IMF Clock Angle: 180.0 deg.

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