The Earth: Plasma sources, losses, and transport processes

DT Welling, M André, I Dandouras, D Delcourt… - Space Science …, 2015 - Springer
This paper reviews the state of knowledge concerning the source of magnetospheric plasma
at Earth. Source of plasma, its acceleration and transport throughout the system, its …

Numerical simulation of the ring current

Y Ebihara, M Ejiri - Space Science Reviews, 2003 - Springer
Numerical simulation of the terrestrial ring current is reviewed. After mentioning 'modules'
which are needed to be taken into consideration in a ring current simulation, we discuss …

A statistical study of Pc 1–2 magnetic pulsations in the equatorial magnetosphere: 1. Equatorial occurrence distributions

BJ Anderson, RE Erlandson… - Journal of Geophysical …, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
A study of AMPTE CCE magnetic field data covering the frequency range 0.1–4.0 Hz using
all data obtained during the first complete local time precession of the satellite orbit major …

THEMIS observations of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave occurrence: Dependence on AE, SYMH, and solar wind dynamic pressure

ME Usanova, IR Mann, J Bortnik, L Shao… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves are transverse plasma waves generated by
anisotropic proton distributions with Tperp> Tpara. They are believed to play an important …

Wave-driven butterfly distribution of Van Allen belt relativistic electrons

F **ao, C Yang, Z Su, Q Zhou, Z He, Y He… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Van Allen radiation belts consist of relativistic electrons trapped by Earth's magnetic field.
Trapped electrons often drift azimuthally around Earth and display a butterfly pitch angle …

A statistical study of Pc 3–5 pulsations observed by the AMPTE/CCE Magnetic Fields Experiment, 1. Occurrence distributions

BJ Anderson, MJ Engebretson… - Journal of …, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
Three‐component dynamic spectrograms (0–80 mHz) of AMPTE/CCE magnetic field data
from August 24, 1984, through December 7, 1985, have been used to survey ULF pulsation …

THEMIS analysis of observed equatorial electron distributions responsible for the chorus excitation

W Li, RM Thorne, Y Nishimura, J Bortnik… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A statistical survey of plasma densities and electron distributions (0.5–100 keV) is performed
using data obtained from the Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions During …

The magnetospheric response to 8‐minute period strong‐amplitude upstream pressure variations

DG Sibeck, W Baumjohann, RC Elphic… - Journal of …, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
This paper documents a series of brief, strong (Δp/p= 1), dynamic pressure oscillations that
occurred in the region upstream of the Earth's bow shock during a period of radial …

Kinetic model of the ring current‐atmosphere interactions

VK Jordanova, JU Kozyra, AF Nagy… - Journal of …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Our numerical model of the ring current‐atmosphere coupling (RAM) is further developed in
order to include wave‐particle interaction processes. The model calculates the time …

Radiation belt electron acceleration during the 17 March 2015 geomagnetic storm: Observations and simulations

W Li, Q Ma, RM Thorne, J Bortnik… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Various physical processes are known to cause acceleration, loss, and transport of
energetic electrons in the Earth's radiation belts, but their quantitative roles in different time …