Data and model comparisons

This is the web interface for the visualization of observational data and results of several model run results.

Please review the default selections below and make your changes.

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  Update Plot will update (generate) the plot with the chosen time and plot parameters below.
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Select model settings
  1_SWMF:   BATSRUS 7.73, 2M cells, CCMC
  2_SWMF:   BATSRUS 7.73, 700k cells (real-time setup), CCMC
  3_SWMF:   BATSRUS 8.01 with RCM, 2M cells, CCMC
  4_SWMF:   BATSRUS 8.01, 3 M cells, CCMC
  5_SWMF:   BATSRUS 8.01 with RCM, 3M cells, CCMC
  6_SWMF:   SWMF v20090403, BATSRUS+RCM2, 900k cells, RT on 64 procs., A. Ridley
  7_SWMF:   SWMF v20110215, BATSRUS+CRCM, 1.78M cells, 1/8 RE res., 2.7 times slower than RT on 200 processors on Harpertown nodes of Pleiades, Alex Glocer and Xing Meng
  8_SWMF:   SWMF v20110111, BATSRUS+RCM2, 1M cells, 1/4 Re res. out to 8 Re, 3 times faster than RT on 240 processors on Pleiades, InnerBc density0.2/cc RCM ions ratio NH/NO9/1, Yiqun Yu and Xing Meng
  9_SWMF:   SWMF.v20110131, ~1 mln cells with RCM, 1/4 Re res. out to 8 Re real time on 64 processors at CCMC (DeltaB, Dst from CCMC processing CalcDeltaB)
  9_SWMF_H:   SWMF.v20110131, ~1 mln cells with RCM (DeltaB from hall Currents only; CCMC processing)
  1_OPENGGCM:   OpenGGCM 3.1, 3 M cells, subtracted GSE_OpenGGCM dipole, added GSE dipole
  2_OPENGGCM:   OpenGGCM 3.1, 6.552M cells, subtracted GSE_OpenGGCM dipole, added GSE dipole
  4_OPENGGCM:   OpenGGCM 4.0, 3.882M cells, real-time setting, with updating dipole
  2_CMIT:   CMIT 2.1.5, LFM-MIX-TIEGCM (CCMC, 2012), Delta-B calculation with FAC up to R=3.5 (Jan. 4, 2013)
  2a_CMIT:   CMIT 2.1.5, LFM-MIX-TIEGCM (CCMC, 2012), rerun of delta-B calcualtion, FAC up to R=3.5 (Aug. 27, 2013)
  2b_CMIT:   CMIT 2.1.5, LFM-MIX-TIEGCM (CCMC, 2012), rerun of Delta-B calculation; ionosphere current contribution only (Aug. 27, 2013)
  1_LFM-MIX:   GEM2008_CHALLENGE_061410 runs, CCMC (2010) Delta-B calculation with FAC up to R=3.5 (Jan. 4, 2013)
  1a_LFM-MIX:   GEM2008_CHALLENGE_061410 runs, CCMC (2010), rerun of Delta-B calculation FAC up to R=3.5 (Aug. 27, 2013)
  2_LFM-MIX:   LTR 2.1-1, LFM+MIX, ~163K cells, CCMC (2011), Delta-B calculation with FAC up to R=3.5 (Jan. 4, 2013)
  2a_LFM-MIX:   LTR 2.1-1, LFM+MIX, ~163K cells, CCMC (2011), rerun of Delta-B calculation, FAC up to R=3.5 (Aug. 27, 2013)
  2b_LFM-MIX:   LTR 2.1-1, LFM+MIX, ~163K cells, CCMC (2011), rerun of Delta-B calculation; ionosphere current contribution only (Aug. 27, 2013)
  3_LFM-MIX:   LTR 2.1-1, LFM+MIX, ~163K cells, SIGMA_RATIO=3, CCMC (2013), Delta-B calculation with FAC up to R=3.5 (Sept. 3, 2013)
  3a_LFM-MIX:   LTR 2.1-5, LFM+MIX, ~163K cells, SIGMA_RATIO=3, CCMC (2013), Delta-B calculation with FAC up to R=3.5 (Sept. 3, 2013)
  3b_LFM-MIX:   LTR 2.1-1, LFM+MIX, ~163K cells, SIGMA_RATIO=2, CCMC (2013), Delta-B calculation with FAC up to R=3.5 (Sept. 3, 2013)
  1_IRF96:   IRF-96, Robert Weigel, 2010/06/04 Impulse Response Function with 96 lags (ver. 0)
  1_RAMSCB:   RAM-SCB stand-alone driven by LANL particle observations Volland-Stern electric field and dipole magnetic field, Dan Welling 310311
  2_RAMSCB:   RAM-SCB stand-alone driven by LANL particle observations Weimer 2000 electric field and dipole magnetic field, Dan Welling 310311
  3_RAMSCB:   RAM-SCB stand-alone driven by LANL particle observations Weimer 2000 electric field and T89Self Consistent magnetic field,Dan Welling 310311
  1_BFM:   Burton (1975) Feldstein (1992) and Murayama (1982)
  1_WINDMI:   WINDMI-1.0-nominal, rectified solar wind driver
  2_WINDMI:   WINDMI-1.0-nominal, Siscoe solar wind driver
  3_WINDMI:   WINDMI-1.0-nominal, Newell solar wind driver
  1_NARMAX:   UOS-NARMAX-HW - NARMAX polynomial derivation from previous estimated Dst and 1-hour OMNI averaged solar wind data. Without ring current effects, Hualiang_Wei_300311
  2_NARMAX:   UOS-NARMAX-RJB - NARMAX polynomial derivation from previous estimated Dst and 1-hour OMNI averaged solar wind data. With Ring current effects. Richard_Boynton_300311
  1_RiceDst:   Rice Univ. Dst model - neural network using Boyle 1997 solar wind driver and dyn. pressure, Ramkumar_Bala_31031
  1_RCM:   Rice Convection Model, Hilmer and Voigt (1995) magnetic field, Siscoe-Hill polar cap potential drop, Tsyganenko and Mukai (2003) plasma conditions on the outer-L boundary
  2_RCM:   Rice Convection Model, Hilmer and Voigt (1995) magnetic field, Siscoe-Hill polar cap potential drop, Borovsky (1998) plasma conditions on the outer-L boundary
  1_RDST:   RDST (real-time analysis of magnetometer data) version 2.1c, Vince Eccles (04/20/2011)
  1_FRC:   Fok Ring Current model run with output data from SWMF run 4_SWMF
  2_FRC:   Fok Ring Current model run with output data from SWMF run 5_SWMF
  3_FRC:   Fok Ring Current model run with output data from SWMF run 9_SWMF


  Reset Form will reset changes to the defaults specified by the previous run of this script.
  Update Plot will update (generate) the plot with the chosen time and plot parameters above.

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