Links provided are for general research needs such as emphemerides, data systems or publication websites. Graphics and Animations provided are useful for presentions or can be used as teaching tools. The Code section contains research tools such as Krishan Khurana’s Jupiter magnetic field model available in IDL with sample programs.
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Links
Other Magnetosphere Groups:
University of Leicester Radio and Space Plasma Physics Group – Leicester, England
Planetary Science Group at Mullard Space Science Laboratory – London, England
Papers, Posters, and Proposals:
NASA ADS (Astrophysics Data System) Abstract Service
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
NASA Research Opportunities – NSPIRES
Data and Emphemerides:
JPL’s Planetary Data System (PDS)
Cassini, Galileo, and Voyager Ephemeris Tool
Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS) at Mullard Space Science Laboratory
Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS) at Southwest Research Institute
Graphics
Earth magnetosphere diagram
Magnetosphere comparison
Tilt with respect to rotation
Khurana model field lines
Jupiter magnetosphere diagram
Earth and Jupiter magnetosphere comparison
Juno trajectory
Ganymede magnetic field lines
Jupiter book cover
Jupiter fluxtubes and satellites
Jupiter fluxtubes and aurora
Saturn magnetosphere diagram
Saturn magnetosphere diagram with aurora
Uranus magnetosphere diagram
Neptune magnetosphere diagram
Venus magnetosphere diagram
Mars magnetosphere diagram
Animations
These animations made by Adam Shinn were generated with Krishan Khurana’s magnetic field model in fortran and plotted in JSS (de-spun system 3 coordinates). Each animation runs through two rotations of Jupiter.
The dashed lines in this animation represent the field lines that hit the magnetopause boundary. Click on image for video.
The dashed lines in this animation represent the field lines that hit the magnetopause boundary. Click on image for video.
This is an animation of stream lines. Click on image for video.
Code
Krishan Khurana’s Magnetic Field Model written in IDL
The Khurana magnetic field model is an empirical model based on data from the Galileo spacecraft. The code was originally written in Fortran 77/90 but has since been converted into IDL (Interface Description Language developed by ITT). Below is the code itself along with a few sample programs for getting started. It is recommended that you have at least IDL version 7.0.4 to run these procedures.
Download a .zip file of the code and sample programs
These two images were generated from the sampleTrace.pro procedure.