-----------------------------------------------------------------------
       COLLOQUIUM OF THE LABORATORY FOR COMPUTER DESIGN OF MATERIALS
           Institute for Computational Sciences and Informatics
				  CSI 929
------------------------------------------------------------------------
        
           An Introduction to Global Magnetospheric Modeling
         
                          Daniel S. Spicer
           Institute for Computational Sciences and Informatics
                                 and  
                       NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

An introduction to the global modeling of the Earth's magnetosphere will
be presented with special emphasis on the use of the magnetohydrodynamic
approximation, the world-wide status of these efforts, and future
plans. In particular, examples from 2D and 3D MHD
simulations will be used to illustrate a number of key issues in
magnetospheric physics associated with the phenomenon of reconnection such
as flux transfer events, substorms, and the ionospheric response to them.

                      Monday , April 14, 1997
                               4:30 pm
                      Room 206, Science & Tech. I
------------------------------------------------------------------------