Foresail-2: Space Physics Mission in a Challenging Environment

M Anger, P Niemelä, K Cheremetiev, B Clayhills… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
Earth's radiation belts are extremely important for space weather because they can store
and accelerate particles to relativistic energies, which can have a potential impact on …

Global morphology and spectral properties of EMIC waves derived from CRRES observations

NP Meredith, RB Horne, T Kersten… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Gyroresonant wave‐particle interactions with electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves
are a potentially important loss process for relativistic electrons in the Earth's radiation belts …

Van Allen probes, NOAA, GOES, and ground observations of an intense EMIC wave event extending over 12 h in magnetic local time

MJ Engebretson, JL Posch, JR Wygant… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Although most studies of the effects of electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves on
Earth's outer radiation belt have focused on events in the afternoon sector in the outer …

Global characteristics of electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves: Occurrence rate and its storm dependence

K Keika, K Takahashi, AY Ukhorskiy… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We statistically examine the occurrence rate of electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves
observed by Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers/Charge Composition Explorer …

Nonlinear pitch angle scattering of relativistic electrons by EMIC waves in the inner magnetosphere

Y Omura, Q Zhao - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We derive the second‐order resonance condition for interaction between a relativistic
electron and a coherent Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron (EMIC) wave with a variable …

Evidence of sub‐MeV EMIC‐driven electron precipitation

AT Hendry, CJ Rodger… - Geophysical Research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves are potentially important drivers of the loss of
energetic electrons from the radiation belts. Numerous theoretical calculations exist with …

POES satellite observations of EMIC‐wave driven relativistic electron precipitation during 1998–2010

BR Carson, CJ Rodger… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Using six Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) satellites that have carried the
Space Environment Module‐2 instrument package, a total of 436,422 individual half‐orbits …

Rapid MeV electron precipitation as observed by SAMPEX/HILT during high‐speed stream‐driven storms

L Blum, X Li, M Denton - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A number of relativistic electron loss processes exist in the inner magnetosphere, and the
extent to which MeV electron precipitation into Earth's atmosphere plays a role in radiation …

EMIC wave scale size in the inner magnetosphere: Observations from the dual Van Allen Probes

LW Blum, JW Bonnell, O Agapitov… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Estimating the spatial scales of electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves is critical for
quantifying their overall scattering efficiency and effects on thermal plasma, ring current, and …

Amplitude‐Dependent Properties and Excitation Mechanisms of EMIC Waves in the Earth's Inner Magnetosphere

Y Yan, C Yue, ZF Yin, XZ Zhou… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Large‐amplitude (Bw> 1 nT) electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves can
cause the rapid loss of> 1 MeV electrons, greatly impacting radiation belt dynamics. With …