TY - JOUR

T1 - Erratum

T2 - Comparison of empirical field models and global MHD simulations: The near-tail currents (Geophysical Research Letters (1995) 22 (675))

AU - Tsyganenko, Nikolai

AU - Pulkkinen, Tuija

PY - 1996/1/1

Y1 - 1996/1/1

N2 - The paper of Pulkkinen et al. [1995] discusses the interesting question on how an MHD simulation matches the observed field, approximated by data-based models. However, due to an error in the numerical calculations, the currents implied by the empirical model were significantly underestimated. Adding to this confusion, the quiet-time empirical model field was compared with that measured in the tail lobeduring a disturbed period with unusually high solar wind pressure. Taken together, these two factors led to a gross exagerration of the inaccuracy of the T89 model.

AB - The paper of Pulkkinen et al. [1995] discusses the interesting question on how an MHD simulation matches the observed field, approximated by data-based models. However, due to an error in the numerical calculations, the currents implied by the empirical model were significantly underestimated. Adding to this confusion, the quiet-time empirical model field was compared with that measured in the tail lobeduring a disturbed period with unusually high solar wind pressure. Taken together, these two factors led to a gross exagerration of the inaccuracy of the T89 model.

KW - magnetosphere

KW - magnetotail

KW - current sheet

KW - modeling

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84958763417&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1029/95GL01897

DO - 10.1029/95GL01897

M3 - Comment/debate

AN - SCOPUS:84958763417

VL - 23

SP - 315

EP - 316

JO - Geophysical Research Letters

JF - Geophysical Research Letters

SN - 0094-8276

IS - 3

ER -