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) …

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 …

Electron acceleration in the heart of the Van Allen radiation belts

GD Reeves, HE Spence, MG Henderson, SK Morley… - Science, 2013 - science.org
The Van Allen radiation belts contain ultrarelativistic electrons trapped in Earth's magnetic
field. Since their discovery in 1958, a fundamental unanswered question has been how …

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 …

Review of modeling of losses and sources of relativistic electrons in the outer radiation belt I: Radial transport

YY Shprits, SR Elkington, NP Meredith… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2008 - Elsevier
In this paper, we focus on the modeling of radial transport in the Earth's outer radiation belt.
A historical overview of the first observations of the radiation belts is presented, followed by …

THEMIS science objectives and mission phases

DG Sibeck, V Angelopoulos - Space Science Reviews, 2008 - Springer
The five THEMIS spacecraft and a dedicated ground-based observatory array will pinpoint
when and where substorms occur, thereby providing the observations needed to identify the …

Three‐dimensional modeling of the radiation belts using the Versatile Electron Radiation Belt (VERB) code

DA Subbotin, YY Shprits - Space weather, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Relativistic electrons are hazardous for satellites and humans in space. In this study, we
present a detailed description of the Versatile Electron Radiation Belt (VERB) code. The …

Storm time evolution of the outer radiation belt: Transport and losses

AY Ukhorskiy, BJ Anderson, PC Brandt… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
During geomagnetic storms the magnetic field of the inner magnetosphere exhibits large‐
scale variations over timescales from minutes to days. Being mainly controlled by the …

Properties of dayside outer zone chorus during HILDCAA events: Loss of energetic electrons

BT Tsurutani, OP Verkhoglyadova… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The dayside outer zone (DOZ) portion of the magnetosphere is a region where chorus
intensities are statistically found to be the most intense. In this study, DOZ chorus have been …

The electric and magnetic fields instrument suite and integrated science (EMFISIS): Science, data, and usage best practices

CA Kletzing, J Bortnik, G Hospodarsky, WS Kurth… - Space science …, 2023 - Springer
We provide a post-mission assessment of the science and data from the Electric and
Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science (EMFISIS) investigation on the …