Generation mechanisms for magnetosphere‐ionosphere current systems deduced from a three‐dimensional MHD simulation of the solar wind‐magnetosphere‐ionosphere coupling processes

Mechanisms that generate the field‐aligned current (FAC) systems in the magnetosphere‐ionosphere coupling scheme by virtue of the solar wind‐magnetosphere interaction are investigated with a three‐dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation. As a simulation scheme, the finite volume total varia... View More