| Effects of the low‐latitude ionospheric boundary condition on the global magnetosphere VG Merkin, JG Lyon Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 115 (A10), 2010 | 258 | 2010 |
| Development of large‐scale Birkeland currents determined from the Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Response Experiment BJ Anderson, H Korth, CL Waters, DL Green, VG Merkin, RJ Barnes, ... Geophysical Research Letters 41 (9), 3017-3025, 2014 | 228 | 2014 |
| GAMERA: A three-dimensional finite-volume MHD solver for non-orthogonal curvilinear geometries B Zhang, KA Sorathia, JG Lyon, VG Merkin, JS Garretson, M Wiltberger The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 244 (1), 20, 2019 | 143 | 2019 |
| Explosive magnetotail activity M Sitnov, J Birn, B Ferdousi, E Gordeev, Y Khotyaintsev, V Merkin, ... Space science reviews 215 (4), 31, 2019 | 135 | 2019 |
| Initial results from a dynamic coupled magnetosphere‐ionosphere‐ring current model A Pembroke, F Toffoletto, S Sazykin, M Wiltberger, J Lyon, V Merkin, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 117 (A2), 2012 | 127 | 2012 |
| Ballooning‐interchange instability in the near‐Earth plasma sheet and auroral beads: Global magnetospheric modeling at the limit of the MHD approximation KA Sorathia, VG Merkin, EV Panov, B Zhang, JG Lyon, J Garretson, ... Geophysical Research Letters, e2020GL088227, 2020 | 125 | 2020 |
| High‐resolution global magnetohydrodynamic simulation of bursty bulk flows M Wiltberger, V Merkin, JG Lyon, S Ohtani Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 120 (6), 4555-4566, 2015 | 119 | 2015 |
| Role of magnetosheath force balance in regulating the dayside reconnection potential RE Lopez, R Bruntz, EJ Mitchell, M Wiltberger, JG Lyon, VG Merkin Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 115 (A12), 2010 | 111 | 2010 |
| Spontaneous formation of dipolarization fronts and reconnection onset in the magnetotail MI Sitnov, N Buzulukova, M Swisdak, VG Merkin, TE Moore Geophysical Research Letters 40 (1), 22-27, 2013 | 110 | 2013 |
| Influence of cusp O+ outflow on magnetotail dynamics in a multifluid MHD model of the magnetosphere M Wiltberger, W Lotko, JG Lyon, P Damiano, V Merkin Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 115 (A10), 2010 | 108 | 2010 |
| Contribution of bursty bulk flows to the global dipolarization of the magnetotail during an isolated substorm VG Merkin, EV Panov, KA Sorathia, A Ukhorskiy Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 124, 2019 | 90 | 2019 |
| Modeling the Depletion and Recovery of the Outer Radiation Belt During a Geomagnetic Storm: Combined MHD and Test Particle Simulations KA Sorathia, AY Ukhorskiy, VG Merkin, JF Fennell, SG Claudepierre Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2018 | 82 | 2018 |
| Magnetic reconnection, buoyancy, and flapping motions in magnetotail explosions MI Sitnov, VG Merkin, M Swisdak, T Motoba, N Buzulukova, TE Moore, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 119 (9), 7151-7168, 2014 | 81 | 2014 |
| Kelvin‐Helmholtz instability of the magnetospheric boundary in a three‐dimensional global MHD simulation during northward IMF conditions VG Merkin, JG Lyon, SG Claudepierre Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 118 (9), 5478-5496, 2013 | 77 | 2013 |
| A kinematically distorted flux rope model for magnetic clouds MJ Owens, VG Merkin, P Riley Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 111 (A3), 2006 | 75 | 2006 |
| Time‐dependent magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the inner heliosphere VG Merkin, JG Lyon, D Lario, CN Arge, CJ Henney Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 121 (4), 2866-2890, 2016 | 71 | 2016 |
| Global MHD simulations of the strongly driven magnetosphere: Modeling of the transpolar potential saturation VG Merkin, AS Sharma, K Papadopoulos, G Milikh, J Lyon, C Goodrich Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 110 (A9), 2005 | 70 | 2005 |
| Effects of the solar wind electric field and ionospheric conductance on the cross polar cap potential: Results of global MHD modeling VG Merkine, K Papadopoulos, G Milikh, AS Sharma, X Shao, J Lyon, ... Geophys. Res. Lett 30 (23), 2180, 2003 | 70 | 2003 |
| Effects of electrojet turbulence on a magnetosphere‐ionosphere simulation of a geomagnetic storm M Wiltberger, V Merkin, B Zhang, F Toffoletto, M Oppenheim, W Wang, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 122 (5), 5008-5027, 2017 | 69 | 2017 |
| How Jupiter’s unusual magnetospheric topology structures its aurora B Zhang, PA Delamere, Z Yao, B Bonfond, D Lin, KA Sorathia, ... Science Advances 7 (15), eabd1204, 2021 | 66 | 2021 |