| Session Details | |
| Section | ST - Solar & Terrestrial Sciences |
| Session Title | Simulations as a Means to Understanding Basic Magnetospheric Processes |
| Main Convener | Prof. Ramon Lopez (University of Texas at Arlington, United States) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Takayuki Umeda (Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Japan) Dr. Chi Wang (State Key Laboratory for Space Weather, China) |
| Session Description | Simulations are a crucial tool for understanding basic magnetospheric processes. These simulations can address a variety of scales, from kinetic to MHD, and can be used in conjunction with data, or stand-alone. The underlying advantage of a simulation is that the detailed physical processes can be understood and experiments that are not possible in the real world can be conducted. This session will highlight a wide range of simulation studies that are being used to understand basic magnetospheric processes, as well as model prediction and comparison with observations. |