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This paper describes progress in computational plasmadynamics applied to the prediction of “space weather” - the study of how conditions on the sun lead to transients in the solar wind, which in turn affect Earth’s magnetosphere, ionosphere and thermosphere. The progress is based on advances in algorithms, parallel computing, and a software framework that couples the multi-physics and multi-scale modules necessary to model this challenging and important problem.
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Powell, K.G. (2009). Solar System Plasmadynamics and Space Weather. In: Hirschel, E.H., Krause, E. (eds) 100 Volumes of ‘Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics’. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, vol 100. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70805-6_31
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