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Electron Intensity Measurements by the Cluster/RAPID/IES Instrument in Earth's Radiation Belts and Ring Current

  • Plain Language Summary Radiation belts of the Earth, which are the zones of charged energetic particles trapped by the geomagnetic field, comprise enormous and dynamic systems. While the inner radiation belt, composed mainly of high-energy protons, is relatively stable, the outer belt, filled with energetic electrons, is highly variable and depends substantially on solar activity. Hence, extended reliable observations and the improved models of the electron intensities in the outer belt depending on solar wind parameters are necessary for prediction of their dynamics. The Cluster mission has been measuring electron flux intensities in the radiation belts since its launch in 2000, thus providing a huge dataset that can be used for radiation belts analysis. Using 16 years of electron measurements by the Cluster mission corrected for background contamination, we derived a uniform linear-logarithmic dependence of electron fluxes in the outer belt on the solar wind dynamic pressure.

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Author details:Artem G. SmirnovORCiDGND, Elena A. KronbergORCiDGND, F. Latallerie, Patrick W. DalyORCiD, Nikita AseevORCiDGND, Yuri Y. ShpritsORCiD, Adam C. KellermanORCiD, Satoshi KasaharaORCiD, Drew L. TurnerORCiD, M. G. G. T. Taylor
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/2018SW001989
ISSN:1542-7390
Title of parent work (English):Space Weather: The International Journal of Research and Applications
Publisher:American Geophysical Union
Place of publishing:Washington
Publication type:Article
Language:English
Date of first publication:2019/02/20
Publication year:2019
Release date:2021/03/08
Volume:17
Issue:4
Number of pages:14
First page:553
Last Page:566
Funding institution:Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR)Helmholtz AssociationGerman Aerospace Centre (DLR) [50 OC 1602]
Organizational units:Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie
DDC classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik
Peer review:Referiert
Publishing method:Open Access / Hybrid Open-Access
License (German):License LogoCC-BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell, keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International
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