A three-dimensional, multispecies, comprehensive MHD model of the solar wind interaction with the planet Venus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Terada, N ^a,b,c   Shinagawa, H ^a,b   Tanaka, T ^b,d   Murawski, K ^e   Terada, K ^c,f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 72649090568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013937     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Anicich, V. G. (1993), Evaluated bimolecular ion-molecule gas phase kinetics of positive ions for use in modeling planetary atmospheres, cometary comae, and interstellar clouds, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 22, 1469-1569.
2. Bauske, R., A. F. Nagy, T. I. Gombosi, D. L. DeZeeuw, K. G. Powell, and J. G. Luhmann (1998), A three-dimensional MHD study of solar wind mass loading processes at Venus: Effects of photoionization, electron impact ionization, and charge exchange, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 23,625-23,638.
3. Benna, M., P. R. Mahaffy, P. MacNeice, and K. Olson (2004), A multiscale central difference scheme applied to magnetohydrodynamic simulations of cometary atmospheres, Astrophys. J., 617, 656-666.
4. Benna, M., et al. (2009), Modeling the response of the induced magnetosphere ofVenus to changing IMF direction using MESSENGER andVenus Express observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L04109, doi:10.1029/2008GL036718.
5. Cole, B. E., and R. N. Dexter (1978), Photoabsorption and photoionisation measurements on some atmospheric gases in the wavelength region 50-340 A, J. Phys. B At. Mol. Phys., 11, 1011-1023.
6. Cravens, T. E., T. I. Gombosi, J. Kozyra, A. F. Nagy, L. H. Brace, and W. C. Knudsen (1980), Model calculations of the dayside ionosphere of Venus: Energetics, J. Geophys. Res., 85, 7778-7786.
7. Cravens, T. E., J. U. Kozyra, A. F. Nagy, T. I. Gombosi, and M. Kurtz (1987), Electron impact ionization in the vicinity of comets, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 7341-7353.
8. Dedner, A., F. Kemm, D. Kröner, C. D.Munz, T. Schnitzer, andM.Wesenberg (2002), Hyperbolic divergence cleaning for the MHD equations, J. Comp. Physiol., 175, 645-673.
9. DeZeeuw, D. L., A. F. Nagy, T. I. Gombosi, K. G. Powell, and J. G. Luhmann (1996), A new axisymmetric MHD model of the interaction of the solar wind with Venus, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 4547-4556.
10. Fox, J. L., and K. Y. Sung (2001), Solar activity variations of the Venus thermosphere/ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 21,305-21,335.
11. Jin, H., K. Maezawa, and T. Mukai (2006), Effects of charge exchange and electron impact ionization on the formation of the magnetic pileup boundary at Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A05306, doi:10.1029/2005JA011127.
12. Kallio, E., J. G. Luhmann, and J. G. Lyon (1998), Magnetic field near Venus: A comparison between Pioneer Venus Orbiter magnetic field observations and an MHD simulation, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 4723-4737.
13. Knudsen, W. C., and K. L. Miller (1992), The Venus transterminator ion flux at solar maximum, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 17,165-17,167.
14. Knudsen, W. C., K. L. Miller, and K. Spenner (1982), Improved Venus ionopause altitude calculation and comparison with measurement, J. Geophys. Res., 87, 2246-2254.
15. Knudsen,W. C., K. L.Miller, and K. Spenner (1986), Median density altitude profiles of the major ions in the central nightside Venus ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 11,936-11,950.
16. Luhmann, J. G. (1986), The solar wind interaction with Venus, Space Sci. Rev., 44, 241-306.
17. Luhmann, J. G., T. L. Zhang, S. M. Petrinec, C. T. Russell, P. Gazis, and A. Barnes (1993), Solar cycle 21 effects on the interplanetary magnetic field and related parameters at 0.7 and 1.0 AU, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 5559-5572.
18. Ma, Y., and A. F. Nagy (2007), Ion escape fluxes from Mars, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L08201, doi:10.1029/2006GL029208. (Pubitemid 46958256)
19. Ma, Y., A. F. Nagy, K. C. Hansen, D. L. DeZeeuw, and T. I. Gombosi (2002), Three-dimensional multispecies MHD studies of the solar wind interaction with Mars in the presence of crustal fields, J. Geophys. Res., 107(A10), 1282, doi:10.1029/2001JA000239.
20. Ma, Y., A. F. Nagy, I. V. Sokolov, and K. C. Hansen (2004), Threedimensional, multispecies, high spatial resolution MHD studies of the solar wind interaction with Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 109, A07211, doi:10.1029/ 2003JA010367.
21. Mayr, H. G., I. Harris, H. B. Niemann, H. C. Brinton, N. W. Spencer, H. A. Taylor Jr., R. E. Hartle, W. R. Hoegy, and D. M. Hunten (1980), Dynamic properties of the thermosphere inferred from Pioneer Venus mass spectrometer measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 85, 7841-7847.
22. McGary, J. E., and D. H. Pontius (1994), MHD simulations of boundary layer formation along the dayside Venus ionopause due to mass loading, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 2289-2300.
23. Moriguchi, T., A. Nakamizo, T. Tanaka, T. Obara, and H. Shimazu (2008), Current systems in the Jovian magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A05204, doi:10.1029/2007JA012751.
24. Murawski, K. (2002), Analytical and Numerical Methods for Wave Propagation in Fluids, World Sci., Singapore.
25. Murawski, K., and R. S. Steinolfson (1996a), Numerical modeling of the solar wind interaction with Venus, Planet. Space Sci., 44, 243-252.
26. Murawski, K., and R. S. Steinolfson (1996b), Numerical simulations of mass loading in the solar wind interaction with Venus, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 2547-2560.
27. Nagy, A. F., T. E. Cravens, S. G. Smith, H. A. Taylor Jr., and H. C. Brinton (1980), Model calculations of the dayside ionosphere of Venus: Ionic composition, J. Geophys. Res., 85, 7795-7801.
28. Pérez-de-Tejada, H. (1986), Fluid dynamic constraints of the Venus ionospheric flow, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 6765-6770.
29. Pérez-de-Tejada, H., M. Dryer, and A. Bandan-Dangon (1993), Comment on "Plasma motion in the Venus ionosphere: Transition to supersonic flow", by R. C. Whitten, A. Barnes, and P. T. McCormick, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 17,485-17,487.
30. Phillips, J. L., J. G. Luhmann, W. C. Knudsen, and L. H. Brace (1988), Asymmetries in the location of the Venus ionopause, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 3927-3941.
31. Richards, P. G., and D. G. Torr (1988), Ratios of photoelectron to EUV ionization rates for aeronomic studies, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 4060-4066.
32. Richards, P. G., J. A. Fennelly, and D. G. Torr (1994), Correction to "EUVAC: A solar EUV flux model for aeronomic calculations", J. Geophys. Res., 99, 13,283.
33. Russell, C. T., E. Chou, J. G. Luhmann, P. Gazis, L. H. Brace, and W. R. Hoegy (1988), Solar and interplanetary control of the location of the Venus bow shock, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 5461-5469.
34. Russell, C. T., J. G. Luhmann, and R. J. Strangeway (2006), The solar wind interaction with Venus through the eyes of the Pioneer Venus Orbiter, Planet. Space Sci., 54, 1482-1495.
35. Samson, J. A. R., T. Masuoka, and P. N. Pareek (1985), Dissociative and double photoionization cross sections of NO from threshold to 120 A, J. Chem. Phys., 83, 5531-5535.
36. Schunk, R.W., and A. F. Nagy (1980), Ionospheres of the terrestrial planets, Rev. Geophys., 18, 813-852.
37. Schunk, R. W., and A. F. Nagy (2000), Ionospheres, Cambridge Univ. Press, New York.
38. Shinagawa, H. (1996), A two-dimensional model of the Venus ionosphere: 1. Unmagnetized ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 26,911-26,919.
39. Shinagawa, H., T. E. Cravens, and A. F. Nagy (1987), A one-dimensional time-dependent model of the magnetized ionosphere of Venus, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 7317-7330.
40. Shinagawa, H., J. Kim, A. F. Nagy, and T. E. Cravens (1991), A comprehensive magnetohydrodynamic model of the Venus ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 11,083-11,095.
41. Spenner, K., W. C. Knudsen, and W. Lotze (1995), Ion density, temperature, and composition of the Venus nightside ionosphere during a period of moderate solar activity: Implications for maintaining the central nightside, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 14,499-14,506.
42. Spreiter, J. R., and S. S. Stahara (1980), A new predictive model for determining solar wind-terrestrial planet interactions, J. Geophys. Res., 85, 6769-6777.
43. Steinolfson, R. S., and S. Cable (1993), Venus bow shocks at unusually large distances from the planet, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 755-758.
44. Tanaka, T. (1993), Configurations of the solar wind flow and magnetic field around the planets with no magnetic field: Calculation by a new MHD simulation scheme, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 17,251-17,262.
45. Tanaka, T. (1994), Finite volume TVD scheme on an unstructured grid system for three-dimensional MHD simulation of inhomogeneous systems including strong background potential fields, J. Comput. Phys., 111, 381-390.
46. Tanaka, T. (1998), Effects of decreasing ionospheric pressure on the solar wind interaction with non-magnetized planets, Earth Planets Space, 50, 259-268.
47. Tanaka, T., and K. Murawski (1997), Three-dimensional MHD simulation of the solar wind interaction with the ionosphere of Venus: Results of two-component reacting plasma simulation, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 19,805-19,821.
48. Taylor, H. A., Jr., H. C. Brinton, S. J. Bauer, R. E. Hartle, P. A. Cloutier, and R. E. Daniell Jr. (1980), Global observations of the composition and dynamics of the ionosphere of Venus: Imlications for the solar wind interaction, J. Geophys. Res., 85, 7765-7777.
49. Terada, N., S. Machida, and H. Shinagawa (2002), Global hybrid simulation of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability at the Venus ionopause, J. Geophys. Res., 107(A12), 1471, doi:10.1029/2001JA009224.
50. Terada, N., S. Machida, and H. Shinagawa (2004), Global hybrid model of the solar wind interaction with the Venus ionosphere: Ion escape processes, Adv. Space Res., 33, 161-166.
51. Terada, N., Y. N. Kulikov, H. Lammer, H. I. M. Lichtenegger, T. Tanaka, H. Shinagawa, and T. Zhang (2009), Atmosphere and water loss from early Mars under extreme solar wind and extreme ultraviolet conditions, Astrobiology, 9, 55-70, doi:10.1089/ast.2008.0250.
52. Theis, R. F., L. H. Brace, R. C. Elphic, and H. G. Mayr (1984), New empirical models of the electron temperature and density in the Venus ionosphere with application to transterminator flow, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 1477-1488.
53. Verner, D. A., G. J. Ferland, K. T. Korista, and D. G. Yakovlev (1996), Atomic data for astrophysics. II. New analytic FITS for photoionization cross sections of atoms and ions (1996), Astrophys. J., 465, 487-498.
54. Wu, C. C. (1992), MHD flow past an obstacle: Large-scale flow in the magnetosheath, Geophys. Res. Lett., 19, 87-90.
55. Zhang, T. L., J. G. Luhmann, and C. T. Russell (1990), The solar cycle dependence of the location and shape of the Venus bow shock, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 14,961-14,967.
56. Zhang, T. L., J. G. Luhmann, and C. T. Russell (1991), The magnetic barrier at Venus, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 11,145-11,153.
57. Zhang, T. L., et al. (2008), Initial Venus Express magnetic field observations of the Venus bow shock location at solar minimum, Planet. Space Sci., 56, 785-789.