CCMC Metadata Registry (CMR)

iYear for the starting time

iMonth for the start time

iDay of the start time

iHour of the start time

iMinute of the start time

iYear of the stop time

iMonth of the stop time

iDay of the stop time

iHour of the stop time

iMinute of the stop time

The maximum half time step (in seconds) that RAM will take, regardless of other factors

The minimum half time step (in seconds) that RAM will take, regardless of other factors

#VARIABLEDT.   

If set to T RAM will adjust its time step based on the current fluxes using the Courant condition

Choices: T or F 

Amount of time (in seconds) between calls to SCB. If set to 1.0 it will call SCB on every RAM time step

Amount of time (in seconds) between reading boundary flux files (or from SWMF). If set to 1.0 will update on every RAM time step

Amount of time (in seconds) between updating electric fields. If set to 1.0 it will update every RAM time step

Determines the boundary flux source

Determines the magnetic field source and boundary conditions (DIPL, DIPS, T89D, T89I, T89L)

DIPL - Centered dipole field, no SCB calculation; 

T89L - Tsyganenko 1989 + centered dipole magnetic field, no SCB calculation.

DIPS - SCB calculation + Centered dipole field at SCB boundary;

T89D - SCB calculation + Tsyganenko 1989 at SCB boundary; 

Determines the distribution of the flux at the boundary (MAXW)

MAXW: Maxwellian

Determines the method for calculation of the electric field (VOLS, WESC, W5SC, or RSCE):  
    VOLS: Kp-dependent Volland-Stern model; 
    WESC: Weimer 2000 model mapped along SCB field lines; 
    W5SC: Weimer 2005 model mapped along SCB field lines; 
    RSCE: RAM self-consistent electric field; 

Whether or not to use an inductive electric field

with 'F' as default. 

Number of radial grid points used in RAM

Number of toroidal/local time grid points (25 default; 49 preferred)

Number of energy bins used

Number of pitch angle bins used

Transport model name: Carpenter, Transport

Refilling model name: Fixed, Analytic, Rasmussen

If True, use Coulomb collisions

Whether the ring current model is running with the plasmasphere model or not

Minimum accuracy that needs to be reached regardless of other factors (between 0 and 1)

Options are SKD, ROE, EXT, FLT, and BAT. BAT is for use with the SWMF.

Note: These are all methods for extrapolating or extending the pressure beyond the RAM grid (for SCB).
SKD - Spence-Kivelson empirical model
ROE - Roederer empirical model
EXT - Linear extrapolation
FLT - Constant (flat) extrapolation
BAT - Use pressure from BATS-R-US (only when coupled to SWMF)

Minimum number of outer SOR Iterations performed by SCB

Which inner SCB method to use (1 = Direct Matrix Inversion, 2 = SOR Iterations, 3 = No SCB)

Which outer SCB method to use (1 = Picard Iteration, 2 = Newton Method)

Convergence criteria for the Alpha residual

Convergence Criteria for the Psi residual

Number of theta (polar) grid points used in SCB

Number of psi (radial) surfaces used in SCB

Number of zeta (azimuthal) surfaces used in SCB 

Whether to use isotropic pressure mappings in SCB (does not affect RAM)

Whether to change the anisotropy to a marginally mirror-stable

Whether to extrapolate Beta Euler potential values to the outside boundary or use the previous point (Currently unused)

Whether to set equidistance at most problematic time (if T) or keep it at midnight (if F)

Whether to use a filled loss cone (if F) or a more realistic empty loss cone using M. Liemohn's 2004

Whether to use Mesh refinement in magnetic flux, so that one has equidistant magnetic flux surfaces

Whether to compute extra Successive Over Relaxation information

Whether to compute DPS Dst and other energy information

Whether to compute global force balance before and after SCB runs, this will cause additional output

Whether to compute the full 3D pressure profile before an SCB run, this will cause additional output

Name of the omni input file (needed if using the WESC, W5SC, or RSCE electric fields)

Whether the omni file is in the SWMF format or the older RAM format

Name of the KP and F10.7 indices file needed for RAM (included in default installation)

Location where the flux boundary files can be found (needed by RAM)

Location where the QinDenton files can be found (Used for the recent Tsyganenko magnetic field models)

Location where the RAM Initialization.nc file can be found (included in default installation)

How often a restart file should be written (in seconds), -1.0 will disable restart files

Whether a restart file should be written on RAM finishing

Whether to time stamp the restart files. If F only one restart file will be made and it will be overwritten

How often the log file should be appended (in seconds)

How often RAM equatorial pressures should be written (in seconds)

How often SCB hI files should be written (in seconds)

How often electric field files should be written

How often x, y, and z from SCB should be written

Output frequency [s] for writing RAM flux files (-1 turns output off)

Whether SCB 3D flux files should be written or not (currently outputs 3D flux every hour)