Dynamic geomagnetic field models

A review of modern dynamic models of the Earth’s magnetosphere (the A2000 paraboloid model and Tsyganenko’s T01 model) is presented. For the magnetic storm of January 9–11, 1997, the results of joint calculations of the magnetospheric magnetic field are presented and contributions of the large-scale magnetospheric currents to the Dst variations are analyzed. Both models were shown to be well consistent with measurement data; the contribution of the magnetotail current system to Dst is comparable to the contribution of the ring current. At the same time, the relative dynamics of magnetospheric current systems are different in different models. The differences in the magnetic field variation profiles for various current systems calculated by the A2000 and T01 models are explained by model parameterizations.