observatory |
Observatory: the type of the magnetogram that can be used to drive the simulation |
Currently only GONG magnetograms are used |
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GONG Magnetogram |
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CRot |
The number of the Carrington Rotation corresponding and derived from the start time of the CME |
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2125 |
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Poynting_ratio |
Ratio of Poynting flux to magnetic field strength at the photosphere level, assumed to be a constant parameter in AWSoM_R model |
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x10^6 J/(m^2sT) |
1.0 |
0.3 |
1.2 |
Coronal_Heating |
Perpendicular correlation length times the square root of local magnetic field intensity, assumed to be a constant parameter in AWSoM_R model |
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x10^5 mT^1/2 |
1.5 |
0.7 |
3.0 |
FR_longitude |
The longitude in HGR coordinate system of the central point of the CME flux rope configuration |
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deg |
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0 |
360 |
FR_latitude |
The latitude in HGR coordinate system of the central point of the CME flux rope configuration |
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deg |
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-70 |
70 |
FR_orientation |
Counter-clockwise rotation of the flux rope with respect to solar equator. 0 corresponds to the flux rope parallel to the solar equator. |
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deg |
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0 |
360 |
FR_radius |
The radius of the Gibson-Low flux rope |
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Solar Radii |
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0.3 |
1.5 |
FR_bstrength |
Characterizes the magnetic field strength in the Gibson-Low flux rope. The larger the field strength, the faster the CME |
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Gs |
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0.5 |
20.0 |
Longitude_opening_angle |
Longitude opening angle |
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deg |
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0 |
40 |
Latitude_opening_angle |
Latitude opening angle |
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deg |
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0 |
20 |
CME_speed |
CME speed in radial direction |
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km/sec |
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600 |
2500 |
CME_traveling_time_in_corona |
CME traveling time in corona. After this time the numerical solution in the solar corona is frozen and the computational resources resources are applied to the solution for the CME propagation in the heliosphere |
Number of seconds to simulate the CME in the corona, not to exceed 15 hours |
seconds |
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simulation_duration |
Simulation duration |
How many days to follow CME |
days |
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2 |
5 |
smoothing_factor |
Reduces the effect of the noise in the magnetogram on the numerical stability |
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sf |
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2 |
5 |
magnetogram_URL |
Location of the magnetogram data. Formed by the user interface depending on the CR number |
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frequency_C2 |
Output frequency of SOHO LASCO C2 synthetic images |
high frequency output will slow down the simulation |
seconds |
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frequency_C3 |
Output frequency of SOHO LASCO C3 synthetic images |
high frequency output will slow down the simulation |
seconds |
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frequency_3D |
Output frequency of 3D model output from solar corona |
high frequency output will slow down the simulation |
seconds |
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CR_Long |
Carrington longitude of the left margin of the full synoptic map |
only full synoptic maps are used currently; so default is equal to 0 |
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0 |
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frequency_EIT |
Output frequency of SOHO EIT synthetic images |
high frequency output will slow down the simulation |
seconds |
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frequency_AIAXRT |
Output frequency of AIA and XRT synthetic images |
high frequency output will slow down the simulation |
seconds |
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frequency_eclipse |
Output frequency of Eclipse images as viewed from Earth |
high frequency output will slow down the simulation |
seconds |
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