The Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science (EMFISIS) on RBSP
Craig Kletzing,William S. Kurth,Mario H. Acuña,Robert J. MacDowall,Roy B. Torbert,T. F. Averkamp,D. Bodet,Scott R. Bounds,M. Chutter,John E. P. Connerney,D. Crawford,J. S. Dolan,R. T. Dvorsky,George Hospodarsky,J. Howard,Vania K. Jordanova,R. A. Johnson,D. L. Kirchner,B. T. Mokrzycki,G. Needell,J. Odom,D. Mark,R. F. Pfaff,J. R. Phillips,Chris Piker,S. L. Remington,Douglas E. Rowland,Ondrej Santolik,R. Schnurr,D. Sheppard,Charles W. Smith,Richard M. Thorne,J. Tyler +32 more
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The Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument and Integrated Science (EMFISIS) investigation on the NASA Radiation Belt Storm Probes (now named the Van Allen Probes) mission provides key wave and very low frequency magnetic field measurements to understand radiation belt acceleration, loss, and transport.Abstract:
The Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument and Integrated Science (EMFISIS) investigation on the NASA Radiation Belt Storm Probes (now named the Van Allen Probes) mission provides key wave and very low frequency magnetic field measurements to understand radiation belt acceleration, loss, and transport. The key science objectives and the contribution that EMFISIS makes to providing measurements as well as theory and modeling are described. The key components of the instruments suite, both electronics and sensors, including key functional parameters, calibration, and performance, demonstrate that EMFISIS provides the needed measurements for the science of the RBSP mission. The EMFISIS operational modes and data products, along with online availability and data tools provide the radiation belt science community with one the most complete sets of data ever collected.read more
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Resonant scattering of energetic electrons by unusual low-frequency hiss
Binbin Ni,Wen Li,Richard M. Thorne,Jacob Bortnik,Qianli Ma,Lunjin Chen,Craig Kletzing,William S. Kurth,George Hospodarsky,Geoffrey D. Reeves,Harlan E. Spence,J. Bernard Blake,Joseph F. Fennell,Seth G. Claudepierre +13 more
TL;DR: In this article, the resonant scattering effects of the unusual low-frequency dawnside plasmaspheric hiss observed on 30 September 2012 by the Van Allen Probes were quantified.
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An unusual enhancement of low-frequency plasmaspheric hiss in the outer plasmasphere associated with substorm-injected electrons
Wen Li,Richard M. Thorne,Jacob Bortnik,Geoffrey D. Reeves,Craig Kletzing,William S. Kurth,George Hospodarsky,Harlan E. Spence,J. B. Blake,J. F. Fennell,Seth G. Claudepierre,John R. Wygant,Scott Thaller +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper, two Van Allen Probes were used to observe plasmaspheric hiss and chorus waves in association with substorm-injected energetic electrons, and the upper energy of injected electrons agrees well with the minimum cyclotron resonant energy calculated for the lower cutoff frequency of the observed hiss, and computed convective linear growth rates indicate instability at the observed low frequencies.
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The Plasma Wave Experiment (PWE) on board the Arase (ERG) satellite
Yoshiya Kasahara,Yasumasa Kasaba,Hirotsugu Kojima,Satoshi Yagitani,Keigo Ishisaka,Atsushi Kumamoto,Fuminori Tsuchiya,Mitsunori Ozaki,Shoya Matsuda,Tomohiko Imachi,Yoshizumi Miyoshi,Mitsuru Hikishima,Yuto Katoh,Mamoru Ota,Masafumi Shoji,Ayako Matsuoka,Iku Shinohara +16 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce the specifications of the Plasma Wave Experiment (PWE) on board the Arase satellite, which consists of an orthogonal electric field sensor (WPT; wire probe antenna), a triaxial magnetic sensor (MSC; magnetic search coil), and receivers named electric field detector (EFD), waveform capture and onboard frequency analyzer (WFC/OFA), and high-frequency analyzer(HFA), was developed to measure the DC electric field and plasma waves in the inner magnetosphere.
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Quantifying the radiation belt seed population in the 17 March 2013 electron acceleration event
A. J. Boyd,Harlan E. Spence,Seth G. Claudepierre,Joseph F. Fennell,J. B. Blake,Daniel N. Baker,Geoffrey D. Reeves,Drew Turner +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, phase space density (PSD) observations using data from the Magnetic Electron Ion Spectrometer instrument on the Van Allen Probes for the 17 March 2013 electron acceleration event are presented.
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Multiple loss processes of relativistic electrons outside the heart of outer radiation belt during a storm sudden commencement
J. Yu,L. Y. Li,J. B. Cao,Zhigang Yuan,Geoffrey D. Reeves,Daniel N. Baker,J. B. Blake,Harlan E. Spence +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the relativistic electron loss mainly occurs in the field-aligned direction (pitch angle α, 150°), and the flux decay of the fieldaligned electrons is independent of the spatial location variations of the two satellites.
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