Abstract
AbstractQuantitatively estimating the energy input from the solar wind into the magnetosphere on a global scale is still an observational challenge. We perform three‐dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations to derive the energy coupling function. Based on 240 numerical test runs, the energy coupling function is given by. We study the correlations between the energy coupling function and a wide variety of magnetospheric activity, such as the indices ofDst,Kp,ap,AE,AU,AL, the polar cap index, and the hemispheric auroral power. The results indicate that this energy coupling function gives better correlations than theεfunction. This result is also applied to a storm event under northward interplanetary magnetic field conditions. About 13% of the solar wind kinetic energy is transferred into the magnetosphere and about 35% of the input energy is dissipated in the ionosphere, consistent with previous studies.
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