CCMC Metadata Registry (CMR)

constant vertical wind (cm/s)
-best to leave vw=0

maximum number of time steps
- for a normal run (e.g., 48 hrs), this is a large integer, e.g., maxstep = 10000000
- for testing/debugging it can be set to a smaller number, e.g., maxstep = 10

runtime (hrs)
- maximum runtime is hrmax = 168 (7 days)
- nominal minimum runtime is hrmax = 36
(it takes ∼ 12 hrs for the ionosphere to develop)

output cadence (hrs)
- nominal output cadence is dthr = 0.25 (15 min)
- for testing/debugging it can be reduced to output data more often

time data starts to be output
- nominally hrpr = 0 and data is output from beginning of the run
- alternatively, if hrmax = 48 and hrpr = 24, data is output starting after the first day
(this reduces the size of the output files)

maximum time step (sec)
- should be in the range 2 - 8 sec
- the larger dt0, the faster the code runs in general
- however, depending on geophysical conditions and the grid, the code can give un- physical
results if initially too large (e.g., dt0 = 8)

month of starting day-of-year

day (in month) of starting day-of-year

month of last day-of-year

day (in month) of last day-of-year

used to specify grid along the magnetic field
- best to leave rmin = 90

used to specify grid along the magnetic field
- best to leave altmin = 85 km

F10.7A
- 81 day average of F10.7

F10.7
- solar radio flux at 10.7 cm
- used as a measure of solar activity

Ap index
- The Ap index is a daily measure of magnetic activity

Year of the event

Day-of-the-year (DOY) of the event
- the first value is the starting day-of-year

mass number used in nrlmsise00
- mmass = 48 (do not change)

first ion specie
- nion1 = 1 (H+) (do not change)

last ion specie
- nion1 = 7 (N+) (do not change)

starting time (UT hrs)
- nominal value hrinit = 0 (i.e., midnight GMT) - best not to change

modifies the magnitude of the neutral wind speed
- nominally tvn0 = 1
- use caution when changing, e.g., tvn0 = 2 will double the neutral wind speed

modifies the magnitude of the E × B velocity
- nominally tvexb0 = 1
- use caution when changing, e.g., tvexb0 = 0 will set the E × B drift to 0

not used (leave 0)

not used (leave 0)

adjusts grid spacing along the magnetic field line
- best to leave gams = .1

adjusts grid spacing in latitude
- best to leave gams = 2.5

multiplier for neutral densities
- the 7 entries correspond to the 7 neutral species in ‘parameter mod.f90’
- for example, if snn = 1.,2.,1.,1.,1.,1.,1., then the oxygen neutral density is doubled

multiplier for the neutral temperature
- this will change the ion temperatures because of ion-neutral coupling - it will not change the scale height of the neutrals

minimum ion density allowed (cm−3)
- best to leave denmin = 1.e-6

alt_crit

cqe

used to specify values at high latitude boundary
- best to leave alt_crit_avg = 6370.

latitude of the base of the first field line
- best to leave blat_min = 6.85

latitude of the base of the higest field line
- nominal values 60-89 (degree)
- maximum value is 89 (degree)

smoothing factor (not used)

Hall conductivity
- hall = true (include the Hall and Pedersen conductances in the potential solver)
- hall = false (include only the Pedersen conductance in the potential solver)
- by toggling this switch the influence of the Hall conductance on the electric field is elucidated
- generally, hall = true should be used

restart a run
- restart = false (do not restart)
- restart = true (restart a run; needs rst files)

for Volland-Stern potential (not used)

for Volland-Stern potential (not used)

maximum E X B velocity (cm/s)
- nominally use 40 km/s; doesn't affect ionosphere dynnamics

potential solver.
- lmadala = true (solve for the neutral wind dynamo field)
- lmadala = false (does not solve for the dynamo field: E X B drift is zero)

corotation potential.
- lcr = true (adds the corotation potential)
- lcr = false (does not add the corotation potenial_
- best to leave lcr = false

Volland-Stern high latitude potential.
- best to leave lvs = false

Weimer high latitude potential.
- lweimer = true (use Weimer high latitude potential); needs OMNI.txt file linked to year of Weimer data file.
- lweimer = false  (do not use Weimer high latitude potential)

enhanced loss of H+ and He+.
- invoked at distance greater than pcrit . RE where RE is the earth radius

used for emhanced loss (see decay_time).
- nominally, pcrit = 8

HWM93 neutral wind model.
- lhwm93 = true (use HWM93)
- lhwm93 = false (do not use HWM93)
- nominally use lhwm93 = false

HWM14 neutral wind model.
- lhwm14 = true (use HWM14)
- lhwm14 = false (do not use HWM14)
- nominally use lhwm14 = true

anomalous ion drag.
- nominally, use anu_drag0 = 4.e3
- used to prevent high velocity nighttime flows into the ionosphere from the plasmasphere

Kp index.
- used in the Hardy model 
- valid values are 1 to 6

modifies ionization associated with high latitude precipitation.
- nominal value xhardy = 1

how often the potential equation is solved (sec).
- nominal value tphi = 60

modifies EUVAC spectrum.
- nominal value euv_fac = 1
- euv_fac < 1 decreases EUV intensity
- euv_fac > 1 increases EUV intensity

maximum electron temperature (K).
- nominal range 10^4 - 10^5

FISM EUV spectrum.
- lfism = true (use FISM daily spectrum); needs fism linked to FISM year data (up to 2018)
- lfism = false (use EUVAC spectrum)