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A global 3-D simulation of interplanetary dynamics in June 1991

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The global dynamics of the solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field in June 1991 is simulated based on a fully three-dimensional, time-dependent numerical MHD model. The numerical simulation includes eight transient disturbances associated with the major solar flares of June 1991. The unique features of the present simulation are: (i) the disturbances are originated at the coronal base (1R s) and their propagation through inhomogeneous ambient solar wind is simulated out to 1.5 AU; (ii) as a background for the transients, the global steady-state solar wind structure inferred from the 3-D steady-state model (Usmanov, 1993c) is used. The parameters of the initial pulses are prescribed in terms of the near-Sun shock velocities (as inferred from the metric Type II radio burst observations) relative to the preshock steady-state flow parameters at the flare sites. The computed parameters at the Earth's location for the period 1–18 June, 1991 are compared with the available observations of the interplanetary magnetic field, solar wind velocity, density, and with variation of the geomagnetic activityK pindex.

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  1. Institute of Physics, University of St. Petersburg, 198904, St. Petersburg, Russia

    A. V. Usmanov

  2. Space Environment Laboratory, ERL-NOAA, 80303, Boulder, CO, USA

    M. Dryer

  3. Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA

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Usmanov, A.V., Dryer, M. A global 3-D simulation of interplanetary dynamics in June 1991. Sol Phys 159, 347–370 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00686537

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