SHINE Model Validation Study Introduction
There is a large and growing number of models with different algorithms, data sources and levels of approximation being applied to study the corona and inner heliosphere. Reconizing this, at a special session of the SHINE Workshop in the summer of 2011, the community decided to establish a systematic effort to compare these different models and evaluate their absolute and relative performance. It was decided to define a set of test problems to be run by the models and to develop web-based support for the submission, analysis and public dissemination of the results of these model runs. The principal goals of this model comparison are to:
- Evaluate the current state of the coronal and inner heliospheric models and track model improvements over time.
- Facilitate interaction between the research and operation communities.
- Facilitate collaboration among modelers and data providers and research communities.
- Facilitate further model improvement.
The initial call for submission of model results was emailed to the community on February 14, 2012.
Subsequent sessions were held at SHINE in 2012 and 2014.
At SHINE 2014, the session focussed on two principal themes, a review of the existing web-based design and approach of the project, and the impact that the adoption of time-dependent magnetogram input data will have on this class of models and their validation.
Please send questions, comments and suggestions to and .
To participate in the model comparison please submit your model results using the submission interface link below.
Submission of model output
- List of selected case studies
- List of postprocessing diagnostics
- Submission instructions
- File format instructions for your data cube
- >> SUBMIT your desired diagnostics and receive file submission instructions >>
- SHINE Diagnostic results (note that the page is in test mode)
