Marion Weinzierl
Impact of Non-potential Coronal Boundary Conditions on Solar Wind Prediction
Weinzierl, Marion; Bocquet, Francois-X.; Yeates, Anthony R.
Abstract
Predictions of the solar wind at Earth are a central aspect of space weather prediction. The outcome of such a prediction, however, is highly sensitive to the method used for computing the magnetic field in the corona. We analyze the impact of replacing the potential field coronal boundary conditions, as used in operational space weather prediction tools, by non-potential conditions. For this, we compare the predicted solar wind plasma parameters with observations at 1 AU for two six-months intervals, one at solar maximum and one in the descending phase of the current cycle. As a baseline, we compare with the operational Wang-Sheeley-Arge model. We find that for solar maximum, the non-potential coronal model and an adapted solar wind speed formula lead to the best solar wind predictions in a statistical sense. For the descending phase, the potential coronal model performs best. The Wang-Sheeley-Arge model outperforms the others in predicting high speed enhancements and streamer interactions. A better parameter fitting for the adapted wind speed formula is expected to improve the performance of the non-potential model here.
Citation
Weinzierl, M., Bocquet, F.-X., & Yeates, A. R. (2017). Impact of Non-potential Coronal Boundary Conditions on Solar Wind Prediction. [No known commissioning body]
Report Type | Project Report |
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Acceptance Date | Sep 7, 2017 |
Publication Date | Sep 7, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Sep 7, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Sep 7, 2017 |
Keywords | Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1630120 |
Publisher URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.01730 |
Related Public URLs | https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.01730 |
Additional Information | Publisher: ArXiv e-prints Type: monograph Subtype: project_report |
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