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Shrikanth Kanekal
Researcher at Goddard Space Flight Center
Publications - 133
Citations - 10157
Shrikanth Kanekal is an academic researcher from Goddard Space Flight Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Van Allen radiation belt & Van Allen Probes. The author has an hindex of 46, co-authored 130 publications receiving 8354 citations. Previous affiliations of Shrikanth Kanekal include University of Colorado Boulder & National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Science Objectives and Rationale for the Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission
TL;DR: The NASA Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission as discussed by the authors uses two spacecraft making in situ measurements for at least 2 years in nearly the same highly elliptical, low inclination orbits (1.1×5.8 RE, 10∘).
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Rapid local acceleration of relativistic radiation-belt electrons by magnetospheric chorus
Richard M. Thorne,Wen Li,Binbin Ni,Qianli Ma,Jacob Bortnik,Lunjin Chen,Daniel N. Baker,Harlan E. Spence,Geoffrey D. Reeves,Michael G. Henderson,Craig Kletzing,William S. Kurth,George Hospodarsky,J. B. Blake,Joseph F. Fennell,Seth G. Claudepierre,Shrikanth Kanekal +16 more
TL;DR: High-resolution electron observations obtained during the 9 October storm are reported and chorus scattering explains the temporal evolution of both the energy and angular distribution of the observed relativistic electron flux increase, and detailed modelling demonstrates the remarkable efficiency of wave acceleration in the Earth's outer radiation belt.
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Wave acceleration of electrons in the Van Allen radiation belts
Richard B. Horne,Richard M. Thorne,Yuri Shprits,Nigel P. Meredith,Sarah A. Glauert,Andrew Smith,Shrikanth Kanekal,Daniel N. Baker,Mark J. Engebretson,J. L. Posch,Maria Spasojevic,Umran S. Inan,Jolene S. Pickett,Pierrette Décréau +13 more
TL;DR: It is shown, on the basis of the analysis of a rare event where the outer radiation belt was depleted and then re-formed closer to the Earth, that the long established theory of acceleration by radial diffusion is inadequate; the electrons are accelerated more effectively by electromagnetic waves at frequencies of a few kilohertz.
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Electron Acceleration in the Heart of the Van Allen Radiation Belts
Geoffrey D. Reeves,Harlan E. Spence,Michael G. Henderson,Steven K. Morley,R. H. W. Friedel,Herbert O. Funsten,Daniel N. Baker,Shrikanth Kanekal,J. B. Blake,J. F. Fennell,Seth G. Claudepierre,Richard M. Thorne,Drew Turner,Craig Kletzing,William S. Kurth,Brian A. Larsen,J. T. Niehof +16 more
TL;DR: Measurements from NASA’s Van Allen Radiation Belt Storm Probes are reported that clearly distinguish between the two types of acceleration, and the observed radial profiles of phase space density are characteristic of local acceleration in the heart of the radiation belts and are inconsistent with a predominantly radial acceleration process.
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Science Goals and Overview of the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) Energetic Particle, Composition, and Thermal Plasma (ECT) Suite on NASA’s Van Allen Probes Mission
Harlan E. Spence,Geoffrey D. Reeves,Daniel N. Baker,J. B. Blake,M. Bolton,Sebastien Bourdarie,Anthony A. Chan,Seth G. Claudepierre,J. H. Clemmons,J. P. Cravens,Scot R. Elkington,J. F. Fennell,Reiner Friedel,Herbert O. Funsten,Jerry Goldstein,Janet C. Green,A. A. Guthrie,Michael G. Henderson,Richard B. Horne,Mary K. Hudson,J.-M. Jahn,Vania K. Jordanova,Shrikanth Kanekal,B. W. Klatt,B. W. Klatt,Brian A. Larsen,Xinlin Li,Elizabeth MacDonald,Ian R. Mann,J. T. Niehof,T. P. O'Brien,Terrance Onsager,D. Salvaggio,Ruth M. Skoug,S. Smith,L. L. Suther,Michelle F. Thomsen,Richard M. Thorne +37 more
TL;DR: The Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP)-Energetic Particle, Composition, and Thermal Plasma (ECT) suite contains an innovative complement of particle instruments to ensure the highest quality measurements ever made in the inner magnetosphere and radiation belts as mentioned in this paper.