Abstract
AbstractThe magnetopause standoff distance characterizes global magnetospheric compression and deformation in response to changes in the solar wind dynamic pressure and interplanetary magnetic field orientation. We cannot derive this parameter from in situ spacecraft measurements. However, time series of the magnetopause standoff distance can be obtained in the near future using observations by soft X‐ray imagers. In two companion papers, we describe methods of finding the standoff distance from X‐ray images. In Part 1, we present the results of MHD simulations which we use for the calculation of the X‐ray emissivity in the magnetosheath and cusps. Some MHD models predict relatively high density in the magnetosphere, larger than observed in the data. Correcting this, we develop magnetospheric masking methods to separate the magnetosphere from the magnetosheath and cusps. We simulate the X‐ray emissivity in the magnetosheath for different solar wind conditions and dipole tilts.
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