An Empirically Driven Time-Dependent Model of the Solar Wind

We describe the development and application of a time-dependent model of the solar wind. The model is empirically driven, starting from magnetic maps created with the Air Force Data Assimilative Photospheric flux Transport (ADAPT) model at a daily cadence. Potential field solutions are used to model the coronal magnetic field, and an empirical specification is used to develop boundary conditions for an MHD model of the solar wind. The...