CME
Aurora
STEREO/IMPACT
SSL
Modeling

Sun-to-Earth Modeling
Models involving the fully connected Sun-to-Earth system make it possible to simulate geomagnetic activity caused by solar activity with one code.

  • Center for Space Environment Modeling (CSEM)
    Interdisciplanary research institute at the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan sponsored by MURI developing computational models of near-earth space weather.
  • SolarCISM
    The Center for Solar Weather Modeling is an NSF-sponsored Science and technology Center (STC) aiming to develop a model of the conditions in space between the Earth and Sun based on solar activity. The goal is to provide a model that can be used for space weather analyses and forecasting.

Coronal Modeling
3D MHD models of the corona will help link IMPACT solar wind measurements to the Sun.

LASCO
SOHO EIT and LASCO images showing a CME's effect on the corona (Seiji Yoshira, CUA)
Simulated CME
Model of the coronal magnetic field lines associated with a simulated CME (Jon Linker, SAIC)
Polarization
Simulated polarization brightness image of the CME on the left (Jon Linker, SAIC)

Solar Wind Modeling

CME Shock
Model of CME shock (Dusan Odstrcil, Unversity of Colorado)
Flux Rope
Simulated ICME (interplanetary CME) flux rope in interplanetary space (Dusan Odstrcil, University of Colorado)
ICME
ICME disturbing interplanetary magnetic field (Dusan Odstrcil, Unversity of Colorado)

Solar Wind Model
Results from a model of the solar wind based on solar magnetic field observations. Top panels show contours of solar wind velocity near the boundary of the solar wind (upper left) and at 1 AU (upper right). The lower panels show comparisons of model results (lines) with ACE data.
Stereo CME
Simulation of how CME would be viewed from Earth and from the two STEREO spacecraft (Dusan Odstrcil, Unversity of Colorado)