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This page provides a number of movies from OpenGGCM simulations.
Note that the movies are copyrighted to me (Jimmy Raeder). However,
a non-exclusive copyright is granted to use the movies for non-commercial education and
outreach purposes and in scientific presentations as long as proper credit is given.
All movies are available in different encodings and in different sizes. For ppt one should take the full size and 'mpg' encoding generally works fine. |
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Simulation of the July 15, 2000 Bastille Day storm full size MPG Movie full size MP4 Movie full size MOV Movie full size AVI Movie vga size MPG Movie vga size MP4 Movie vga size MOV Movie vga size AVI Movie |
Rendering of the 2000-07-15 simulation. The noon-midnight equatorial plane shows
color-coded the plasma pressure. The z=-3 RE plane shows the plasma velocity. The black
arrows are velocity vectors whose length is proportional to sqrt(V). The red arrow
shows the IMF just upstream of Earth's bow shock. A set of blue field lines is drawn
starting from equal magnetic latitude for L=5. The 3 dots circling the Earth depict the three
GOES satellites that observed the event. The field lines attached to the GOES satellites
are also drawn, showing that the satellites at times exit the magnetosphere.
The isosurface in the tail shows regions of high plasma pressure.
Relevant publications: Raeder, J., Y. Wang, T. Fuller-Rowell, and H. J. Singer, Global simulation of space weather effects of the Bastille Day storm, Solar Physics, 204, 325, 2001. link |
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THEMIS probes in the magnetosphere full size MPG Movie full size MP4 Movie full size MOV Movie full size AVI Movie vga size MPG Movie vga size MP4 Movie vga size MOV Movie vga size AVI Movie |
THEMIS probes in the magnetosphere. The background is an OpenGGCM simulation
of a substorm. The color coded planes show the electric field y-component.
Relevant publications: Raeder, J., D. Larson, W. Li, E. L. Kepko, and T. Fuller-Rowell, OpenGGCM Simulations for the THEMIS Mission, Space Science Reviews, 141, 535-555, 2008. link |
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THEMIS first light substorm full size MPG Movie full size MP4 Movie full size MOV Movie full size AVI Movie vga size MPG Movie vga size MP4 Movie vga size MOV Movie vga size AVI Movie |
THEMIS "First light" substorm, 2007-03-23. The Movie shows an OpenGGCM simulation of this
substorm. The noon-midnight meridian shows color coded the plasma pressure. The green iso surface
in the tail shows the parallel electric field. The red iso surface shows the force imbalance
between the magnetic and the pressure gradient forces.
Relevant publications: Raeder, J., D. Larson, W. Li, E. L. Kepko, and T. Fuller-Rowell, OpenGGCM Simulations for the THEMIS Mission, Space Science Reviews, 141, 535-555, 2008. link |
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Flux Transfer Events full size MPG Movie1 full size MP4 Movie1 full size MOV Movie1 full size AVI Movie1 vga size MPG Movie1 vga size MP4 Movie1 vga size MOV Movie1 vga size AVI Movie1 full size MPG Movie2 full size MP4 Movie2 full size MOV Movie2 full size AVI Movie2 vga size MPG Movie2 vga size MP4 Movie2 vga size MOV Movie2 vga size AVI Movie2 |
Formation of Flux Transfer Events. Fluid elements and their attached field lines are
traced from the solar wind until they reconnect at the magnetopause. Pink field lines
are unconnected (SW) field lines, green field lines have reconnected once, and blue filed
lines have reconnected twice and are closed now.
The dark red surface is the separatrix separating closed field lines from all other
topologies. The two movies are identical except that Movie1 also shows the SW filed
lines. Since these field lined obscure the others they are left out in Movie2.
Relevant publications: Raeder, J., Flux Transfer Events: 1. generation mechanism for strong southward IMF, Ann. Geoph., 24, 381-392, 2006. link |