3D study of the impact of the Radial IMF on the Earth's Magnetopause size and shape and the dawn-dusk asymmetry. IAPPIC 3D Simulations

Baraka, Suleiman

3D study of the impact of the Radial IMF on the Earth's Magnetopause size and shape and the dawn-dusk asymmetry. IAPPIC 3D Simulations

Suleiman M Baraka, National Institute of Aerospace, 100 Exploration Way, Hampton, VA, United States, Olivier Le Contel, Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas (UMR7648), CNRS/Ecole Polytechnique/UPMC/Univ. Paris Sud/Obs. de Paris, Paris, France, Lotfi Ben-Jaffel, Inst Astrophysique Paris, Paris, France and Bill Moore, Hampton University, Hampton, United States