Surname: schoendorf First Name: jackie Status= other Institution: mission research corporation E-mail: jschoendorf@mrcnh.com ---------------------------------------- Title: A fully coupled global MHD model of the magnetosphere and ionosphere ---------------------------------------- Authors: j. schoendorf k.d. siebert w.w. white ---------------------------------------- Abstract: We introduce a fully coupled MHD model of the global magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere from ~80 km out to the solar wind. Typically, magnetospheric MHD models treat the ionosphere as a boundary condition. We describe our MHD model which includes a new self-consistent thermosphere and ionosphere. ---------------------------------------- Discipline Category: magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling