SOFIE (Solar-wind with Field-lines and Energetic-particles): A
data-driven and self-consistent SEP modeling and forecasting tool
Abstract
We present a data-driven and self-consistent SEP model, SOFIE, to
simulate the acceleration and transport processes of energetic particles
using the Space Weather Modeling Framework (SWMF). In this model, the
background solar wind plasma in the solar corona and interplanetary
space are modeled by the Alfven Wave Solar-atmosphere Model(-Realtime)
(AWSoM(-R)) driven by the near-real-time hourly updated GONG (bihourly
ADAPT-GONG) magnetograms. In the background solar wind, the CMEs are
launched employing the Eruptive Event Generator using Gibson-Low
configuration (EEGGL), by inserting a flux rope estimated from the free
magnetic energy in the active region. The acceleration and transport
processes are then modeled self-consistently by the multiple magnetic
field line tracker (M-FLAMPA) and the Adaptive Mesh Particle Simulator
(AMPS). We will demonstrate the capability of SOFIE to demystify the
acceleration processes by the CME-driven shock in the low corona and the
modulation of energetic particles by the solar wind structures. Besides,
using selected historical SEP events, e.g. 2013 Apr 11 event, we will
illustrate the progresses toward a faster-than-real-time prediction of
SEPs.