Global distribution of whistler-mode chorus waves observed on the THEMIS spacecraft

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Li, W ^c   Thome, R M ^c   Angelopoulos, V ^a   Bortnik, J ^c   Cully, C M ^d   Ni, B ^c   Lecontel, O ^e   Roux, A ^e   Auster, U ^b   Magnes, W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^e SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^f Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL ORBITS; GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; HIGH LATITUDES; MAGNETIC LATITUDE; RADIATION BELT ELECTRONS; WAVE AMPLITUDES; WHISTLER-MODE CHORUS;

GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; RADIATION BELTS; SPACECRAFT; SURVEYS;

FILTER BANKS;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; DIEL VARIATION; ELECTRON; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 68249147525     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037595     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Anderson, R. R., and K. Maeda (1977), VLF emissions associated with enhanced magnetospheric electrons, J. Geophys. Res., 52(1), 135-146.
2. Angelopoulos, V. (2008), The THEMIS mission, Space Sci. Rev., 141(1-4), 5-34, doi:10.1007/s11214-008-9336-1.
3. Auster, U., et al. (2008), The THEMIS fluxgate magnetometer, Space Sci. Rev., 141(1-4), 235-264, doi: 10.1007/s11214-008-9365-9.
4. Bonnell, J. W., et al. (2008), The electric field instrument (EFI) for THEMIS, Space Sci. Rev., 141(1-4), 303-341, doi:10.1007/s11214-008-9469-2.
5. Bortnik, J., R. M. Thome, and N. P. Meredith (2007), Modeling the propagation characteristics of chorus using CRRES suprathermal electron fluxes, J. Geophys. Res., 112, A08204, doi:10.1029/2006JA012237.
6. Bortnik, J., R. M. Thorne, and U. S. Inan (2008), Nonlinear interaction of energetic electrons with large amplitude chorus, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L2 1102, doi: 10.1029/2008GL035500.
7. Cully, C. M., R. E. Ergun, K. Stevens, A. Nammari, and J. Westfall (2008a), The THEMIS digitial fields board, Space Sci. Rev, 141(1-4), 343-355, doi:10.1007/s11214-008-9417-l.
8. Cully, C. M., J. W. Bonnell, and R. E. Ergun (2008b), THEMIS observations of long-lived regions of large-amplitude whistler waves in the inner magnetosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L17S16, doi:10.1029/2008GL033643.
9. Home, R. B., and R. M. Thorne (1998), Potential waves for relativistic electron scattering and stochastic acceleration during magnetic storms, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25(15), 3011-3014.
10. Home, R. B., and R. M. Thome (2003), Relativistic electron acceleration and precipitation during resonant interactions with whistler-mode chorus, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(10), 1527, doi:10.1029/2003GL016973.
11. Home, R. B., R. M. Thome, S. A. Glauert, J. M. Albert, N. P. Meredith, and R. R. Anderson (2005), Timescale for radiation belt electron acceleration by whistler mode chorus waves, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A03225, doi:10.1029/ 2004JA010811.
12. Kennel, C. F., and H. E. Petschek (1966), Limit on stably trapped particle fluxes, J. Geophys. Res., 71(1), 1-28.
13. LeContel, O., et al. (2008), First results of the THEMIS searchcoil magentometers, Space Sci. Rev., 141(1-4), 509-534, doi:10.1007/sl 1214-008-9371-y.
14. LeDocq, M. J., D. A. Gumett, and G. B. Hospodarsky (1998), Chorus source locations from VLF Poynting flux measurements with the polar spacecraft, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25(21), 4063-4066.
15. Li, W., Y. Y. Shprits, and R. M. Thome (2007), Dynamic evolution of energetic outer zone electrons due to wave-particle interactions during storms, J. Geophys. Res., 112, A10220, doi:10.1029/2007JA012368.
16. Li, W., R. M. Thome, N. P. Meredith, R. B. Home, J. Bortnik, Y. Y. Shprits, and B. Ni (2008), Evaluation of whistler mode chorus amplification during an injection event observed on CRRES, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A09210, doi: 10.1029/2008JA013129.
17. Li, W., R. M. Thome, V. Angelopoulos, J. W. Bonnell, J. P. McFadden, C. W. Carlson, O. LeContel, A. Roux, K. H. Glassmeier, and H. U. Auster (2009), Evaluation of whistler-mode chorus intensification on the nightside during an injection event observed on the THEMIS spacecraft, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A00C14, doi: 10.1029/2008JA013554.
18. Lorentzen, K. R., J. B. Blake, U. S. Inan, and J. Bortnik (2001), Observations of relativistic electron microbursts in association with VLF chorus, J. Geophys. Res., 106(A4), 6017-6027.
19. Meredith, N. P., R. B. Home, and R. R. Anderson (2001), Substorm dependence of chorus amplitudes: Implications for the acceleration of electrons to relativistic energies, J. Geophys. Res., 106(A7), 13,165-13,178.
20. Meredith, N. P., R. B. Home, R. H. A. Iles, R. M. Thome, D. Heynderickx, and R. R. Anderson (2002), Outer zone relativistic electron acceleration associated with substorm-enhanced whistler mode chorus, J. Geophys. Res., 107(A7), 1144, doi:10.1029/2001JA900146.
21. Meredith, N. P., R. B. Home, R. M. Thome, and R. R. Anderson (2003), Favored regions for chorus-driven electron acceleration to relativistic energies in the Earth's outer radiation belt, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(16), 1871, doi:10.1029/2003GL017698.
22. O'Brien, T. P., M. D. Looper, and J. B. Blake (2004), Quantification of relativistic electron microburst losses during the GEM storms, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L04802, doi: 10.1029/2003GL018621.
23. Parrot, M., and C. A. Gaye (1994), A statistical survey of ELF waves in a geostationary orbit, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21(22), 2463-2466.
24. Roux, A., O. LeContel, C. Coillot, A. Bouabdellah, B. de la Porte, D. Alison, S. Ruocco, and M. C. Vassal (2008), The search coil magentometer for THEMIS, Space Sci. Rev., 141(1-4), 265-275, doi: 10.1007/s11214-008-9455-8.
25. Santolik, O., D. A. Gumett, J. S. Pickett, M. Parrot, and N. Comilleau-Wehrlin (2003), Spatio-temporal structure of storm-time chorus, J. Geophys. Res., 108(A7), 1278, doi:10.1029/2002JA009791.
26. Santolik, O., E. Macusova, K. H. Yearby, N. Comilleau-Wehrlin, and H. StC. K. Alleyne (2005), Radial variation of whistler-mode chorus: First results from the STAFF/DWP instrument onboard the Double Star TC 1 spacecraft, Ann. Geophys., 23, 2937-2942. (Pubitemid 43091293)
27. Shprits, Y. Y., R. M. Thome, R. B. Home, S. A. Glauert, M. Cartwright, C. T. Russell, D. N. Baker, and S. G. Kanekal (2006), Acceleration mechanism responsible for the formation of the new radiation belt during the 2003 Halloween solar storm, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L05104, doi:10.1029/ 2005GL024256.
28. Summers, D., R. M. Thome, and F. Xiao (1998), Relativistic theory of wave-particle resonant diffusion with application to electron acceleration in the magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 103(A9), 20,487-20,500. (Pubitemid 128665190)
29. Summers, D., C. Ma, N. P. Meredith, R. B. Home, R. M. Thome, D. Heynderickx, and R. R. Anderson (2002), Model of the energization of outer-zone electrons by whistler-mode chorus during the October 9, 1990 geomagnetic storm, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(24), 2174, doi:10.1029/ 2002GL016039. (Pubitemid 36580213)
30. Summers, D., B. Ni, and N. P. Meredith (2007), Timescales for radiation belt electron acceleration and loss due to resonant wave-particle interactions: 1. Theory, J. Geophys. Res., 112, A04206, doi :10.1029/2006JA011801.
31. Thome, R. M., T. P. O'Brien, Y. Y. Shprits, D. Summers, and R. B. Home (2005), Timescale for MeV electron microburst loss during geomagnetic storms, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A09202, doi:10.1029/2004JA010882.
32. Thome, R. M., Y. Y. Shprits, N. P. Meredith, R. B. Home, W. Li, and L. R. Lyons (2007), Refilling of the slot region between the inner and outer electron radiation belts during geomagnetic storms, J. Geophys. Res., 112, A06203, doi:10.1029/2006JA012176.
33. Tsurutani, B. T., and E. J. Smith (1974), Postmidnight chorus: A substorm phenomenon, J. Geophys. Res., 79(1), 118-127.
34. Tsurutani, B. T., and E. J. Smith (1977), Two types of magnetospheric ELF choras and their substorm dependences, J. Geophys. Res., 82(32), 5112-5128.
35. Tsyganenko, N. A., and D. P. Stem (1996), Modeling the global magnetic field of the large-scale Birkeland current systems, J. Geophys. Res., 101(A12), 27,187-27,198.
36. West, H. I., Jr., R. M. Buck, and J. R. Walton (1973), Electron pitch angle distributions throughout the magnetosphere as observed on Ogo 5, J. Geophys. Res., 78(7), 1064-1081.