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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-511-2025
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Development and technical paper
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29 Jan 2025
Development and technical paper |
| 29 Jan 2025
| 29 Jan 2025
The Vlasiator 5.2 ionosphere – coupling a magnetospheric hybrid-Vlasov simulation with a height-integrated ionosphere model
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Yann Pfau-Kempf
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Hongyang Zhou
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Liisa Juusola
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Abiyot Workayehu
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Fasil Kebede
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Konstantinos Papadakis
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Maxime Grandin
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Markku Alho
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Markus Battarbee
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Maxime Dubart
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Leo Kotipalo
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Arnaud Lalagüe
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Jonas Suni
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Konstantinos Horaites
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Minna Palmroth
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Next-Generation Data Assimilation Methods for Polar Ionospheric Electrodynamics K. Laundal et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-025-09918-3
- Global inductive magnetosphere-ionosphere- thermosphere coupling K. Laundal et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-43-803-2025
- Mapping transition region flows to the ionosphere in a global hybrid-Vlasov simulation V. Koikkalainen et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-44-227-2026
- Toward Near-Space Communication Network in the 6G and Beyond Era X. Liu et al. https://doi.org/10.34133/space.0337
- Global evolution of flux transfer events along the magnetopause from the dayside to the far tail Y. Pfau-Kempf et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-43-469-2025
- Estimation of the 3-D geoelectric field at the Earth's surface using spherical elementary current systems L. Juusola et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-43-271-2025
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- Vlasov methods in space physics and astrophysics M. Palmroth et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41115-025-00024-0
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- Production-scale Performance Analysis and Optimization of Vlasiator V. Seitz et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2025.08.237
- Next-Generation Data Assimilation Methods for Polar Ionospheric Electrodynamics K. Laundal et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-025-09918-3
- Global inductive magnetosphere-ionosphere- thermosphere coupling K. Laundal et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-43-803-2025
- Mapping transition region flows to the ionosphere in a global hybrid-Vlasov simulation V. Koikkalainen et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-44-227-2026
- Toward Near-Space Communication Network in the 6G and Beyond Era X. Liu et al. https://doi.org/10.34133/space.0337
- Global evolution of flux transfer events along the magnetopause from the dayside to the far tail Y. Pfau-Kempf et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-43-469-2025
- Estimation of the 3-D geoelectric field at the Earth's surface using spherical elementary current systems L. Juusola et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-43-271-2025
- Magnetospheric convection in a hybrid-Vlasov simulation S. Tao et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-43-709-2025
- Vlasov methods in space physics and astrophysics M. Palmroth et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41115-025-00024-0
- Ionospheric signatures of a Bursty Bulk Flow in the 6D Vlasiator simulation A. Workayehu et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-43-723-2025
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Short summary
Vlasiator is a kinetic space plasma model that simulates the behavior of plasma, solar wind and magnetic fields in near-Earth space. So far, these simulations have been run without any interaction with the ionosphere, the uppermost layer of Earth's atmosphere. In this paper, we present the new methods that add an ionospheric electrodynamics model to Vlasiator, coupling it with the existing methods and presenting new simulation results of how space plasma and Earth's ionosphere interact.
Vlasiator is a kinetic space plasma model that simulates the behavior of plasma, solar wind and...
