How do fits of simulated magnetic clouds correspond to their real shapes in 3D?

0348472 - ASÚ 2011 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Vandas, Marek - Romashets, E. P. - Geranios, A.
How do fits of simulated magnetic clouds correspond to their real shapes in 3D?
Annales Geophysicae. Roč. 28, č. 8 (2010), s. 1581-1588. ISSN 0992-7689. E-ISSN 1432-0576.
[STEREO-3/SOHO-22 Workshop: Three Eyes on the Sun, Multi-spacecraft studies of the corona and impacts on the heliosphere. Bournemouth, 27.04.2009-01.05.2009]
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA205/09/0170; GA MŠMT ME09032
Grant - others:ESA(XE) ESA-PECS project No.98068
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10030501
Keywords : interplanetary magnetic fields * magnetic clouds * numerical simulations
Subject RIV: BN - Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Astrophysics
Impact factor: 1.620, year: 2010

MHD simulations of magnetic cloud propagation are used to check our fitting procedure. Simulated spacecraft measurements are fitted by models of magnetic clouds and resulting parameters are compared with real shapes of magnetic clouds which can be directly obtained from our simulations. The comparison shows that cloud parameters are determined quite reliably for spacecraft crossings near the cloud axis.
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