Earth's Van Allen radiation belts: From discovery to the Van Allen Probes era

W Li, MK Hudson - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Discovery of the Earth's Van Allen radiation belts by instruments flown on Explorer 1 in 1958
was the first major discovery of the Space Age. The observation of distinct inner and outer …

The electric and magnetic field instrument suite and integrated science (EMFISIS) on RBSP

CA Kletzing, WS Kurth, M Acuna, RJ MacDowall… - Space Science …, 2013 - Springer
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) …

Radiation belt dynamics: The importance of wave‐particle interactions

RM Thorne - Geophysical Research Letters, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The flux of energetic electrons in the Earth's outer radiation belt can vary by several orders of
magnitude over time scales less than a day, in response to changes in properties of the …

Particle dynamics in the Earth's radiation belts: Review of current research and open questions

JF Ripoll, SG Claudepierre… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The past decade transformed our observational understanding of energetic particle
processes in near‐Earth space. An unprecedented suite of observational systems was in …

The plasma wave experiment (PWE) on board the Arase (ERG) satellite

Y Kasahara, Y Kasaba, H Kojima, S Yagitani… - Earth, Planets and …, 2018 - Springer
The Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace (ERG) project aims to study
acceleration and loss mechanisms of relativistic electrons around the Earth. The Arase …

Space weather effects in the Earth's radiation belts

DN Baker, PJ Erickson, JF Fennell, JC Foster… - Space Science …, 2018 - Springer
The first major scientific discovery of the Space Age was that the Earth is enshrouded in
toroids, or belts, of very high-energy magnetically trapped charged particles. Early …

The occurrence and wave properties of H+‐, He+‐, and O+‐band EMIC waves observed by the Van Allen Probes

AA Saikin, JC Zhang, RC Allen… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We perform a statistical study of electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves detected by the
Van Allen Probes mission to investigate the spatial distribution of their occurrence, wave …

Electron precipitation observed by ELFIN using proton precipitation as a proxy for electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves

L Capannolo, W Li, Q Ma, M Qin… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves can drive radiation belt depletion and Low‐
Earth Orbit satellites can detect the resulting electron and proton precipitation. The ELFIN …

Three‐dimensional electron radiation belt simulations using the BAS Radiation Belt Model with new diffusion models for chorus, plasmaspheric hiss, and lightning …

SA Glauert, RB Horne… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The flux of relativistic electrons in the Earth's radiation belts is highly variable and can
change by orders of magnitude on timescales of a few hours. Understanding the drivers for …

Precipitation of radiation belt electrons by EMIC waves, observed from ground and space

Y Miyoshi, K Sakaguchi, K Shiokawa… - Geophysical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We show evidence that left‐hand polarised electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) plasma
waves can cause the loss of relativistic electrons into the atmosphere. Our unique set of …