Magnetohydrodynamic Modeling of the Solar Corona and Heliosphere

Description

The book covers intimately all the topics necessary for the development of a robust magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) code within the framework of the cell-centered finite volume method (FVM) and its applications in space weather study. First, it presents a brief review of existing MHD models in studying solar corona and the heliosphere. Then it introduces the cell-centered FVM in three-dimensional computational domain. Finally, the book presents some applications of FVM to the MHD codes on spherical coordinates in various research fields of space weather, focusing on the development of the 3D Solar-InterPlanetary space-time Conservation Element and Solution Element (SIP-CESE) MHD model and its applications to space weather studies in various aspects. The book is written for senior undergraduates, graduate students, lecturers, engineers and researchers in solar-terrestrial physics, space weather theory, modeling, and prediction, computational fluid dynamics, and MHD simulations. It helps readers to fully understand and implement a robust and versatile MHD code based on the cell-centered FVM. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Current Status of MHD Simulations for Space Weather (Xueshang Feng)....Pages 1-123 Cell-Centered Finite Volume Methods (Xueshang Feng)....Pages 125-337 A Finite Volume MHD Code in Spherical Coordinates for Background Solar Wind (Xueshang Feng)....Pages 339-429 3D SIP-CESE MHD Model on Triangular Prism Grids (Xueshang Feng)....Pages 431-469 3D SIP-CESE MHD Model on Six-Component Overset Grid System (Xueshang Feng)....Pages 471-520 AMR Implementation of 3D SIP-CESE MHD Model on Six-Component Overset Grid System (Xueshang Feng)....Pages 521-554 Data-Driven MHD Modeling of Solar Wind (Xueshang Feng)....Pages 555-613 Coronal Force-Free Field Extrapolations (Xueshang Feng)....Pages 615-652 Data-Driven MHD Modeling of Coronal Magnetic Evolutions and Eruptions (Xueshang Feng)....Pages 653-693 Modeling Coronal Mass Ejections by CESE MHD Model (Xueshang Feng)....Pages 695-746 Future Avenue (Xueshang Feng)....Pages 747-772