Dataset of ``Plasma Distribution Solver: A Model for Field-Aligned Plasma Profiles Based on Spatial Variation of Velocity Distribution Functions"

<p>This dataset contains the plasma distribution data in the Jupiter&ndash;Io system, calculated from the Plasma Distribution Solver and used for figures in the paper &ldquo;Plasma Distribution Solver: A model for field-aligned plasma profiles based on spatial variation of velocity distribution functions&rdquo; by K. Saito et al. (2023).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The contents of files &lsquo;all_Case_1.csv&rsquo; and &lsquo;all_Case_2.csv&rsquo; are as follows:</p> <ul> <li>Position along the magnetic field line (0 at the magnetic equator) [m] (column 1)</li> <li>Distance from the Jovian center [km] (column 2)</li> <li>Magnetic latitude [rad]([degree]) (column 3(4))</li> <li>Magnetic flux density [T] (column 5)</li> <li>The initial condition of electrostatic potential [V] (column 6)</li> <li>The result of electrostatic potential [V] (column 7)</li> <li>Number density profiles [m^-3] (columns 8-17)</li> <li>Charge density profiles obtained from the integration of velocity distribution functions [C m^-3] (column 18)</li> <li>Charge density profiles obtained from Poisson&rsquo;s equation [C m^-3] (column 19)</li> <li>Convergence value (column 20)</li> <li>Particle flux density [m^-2 s^-1] (columns 21-30)</li> <li>Mean flow velocity parallel to the field line [m s^-1] (columns 31-40)</li> <li>Plasma pressure perpendicular to the field line [Pa] (columns 41-50)</li> <li>Plasma pressure parallel to the field line [Pa] (columns 51-60)</li> <li>Plasma dynamic pressure [Pa] (columns 61-70)</li> <li>Perpendicular temperature [J] (columns 71-80)</li> <li>Parallel temperature [J] (columns 81-90)</li> <li>Alfv&eacute;n speed considering the displacement current term in Amp&egrave;re&rsquo;s law [m s^-1] (column 91)</li> <li>Alfv&eacute;n speed per the speed of light (column 92)</li> <li>Ion inertial length using averaged mass [m] (column 93)</li> <li>Electron inertial length [m] (column 94)</li> <li>Ion Larmor radius using averaged mass [m] (column 95)</li> <li>Ion acoustic gyroradius using averaged mass [m] (column 96)</li> <li>Electron Larmor radius [m] (column 97)</li> <li>Current density [A m^-2] (column 98)</li> </ul> <p>The Python codes &lsquo;plot_all.py,&rsquo; &lsquo;plot_plasma_beta_comparison.py,&rsquo; and &lsquo;plot_Alfven_speed_comparison.py&rsquo; can plot Figures 5, 6, 7, and 9 of the paper using the above CSV files.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The files &lsquo;boundary_conditions_Case_1.csv&rsquo; and &lsquo;boundary_conditions_Case_2.csv&rsquo; contain the boundary conditions for Cases 1 and 2.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The zip files &lsquo;probability_density_function_Case_1_H_Io.zip&rsquo; and &lsquo;probability_density_function_Case_1_H_Jupiter_North.zip&rsquo; are zipped CSV files with the same name. The contents of these files are as follows:</p> <ul> <li>Magnetic latitude [degree] (column 1)</li> <li>Perpendicular velocity at the particle position [m s^-1] (column 2)</li> <li>Parallel velocity at the particle position [m s^-1] (column 3)</li> <li>Perpendicular velocity at the boundary [m s^-1] (column 4)</li> <li>Parallel velocity at the boundary [m s^-1] (column 5)</li> <li>Probability density function [s³ m^-3] (column 6)</li> <li>Differential flux per number density [cm^-2 s^-1 sr^-1 keV^-1] (column 7)</li> </ul> <p>The Python code &lsquo;plot_velocity_distribution_function.py&rsquo; can plot Figure 8 of the paper using this CSV file.</p>