On the relationship between relativistic electron flux and solar wind velocity: Paulikas and Blake revisited

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Reeves, Geoffrey D ^a   Morley, Steven K ^a   Friedel, Reiner H W ^a   Henderson, Michael G ^a   Cayton, Thomas E ^a   Cunningham, Gregory ^a   Blake, J Bernard ^b   Christensen, Rod A ^a   Thomsen, Davis ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951894422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015735     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Baker, D. N., R. D. Belian, P. R. Higbie, and E. W. Hones Jr. (1979), Highenergy magnetospheric protons and their dependence on geomagnetic and interplanetary conditions, J. Geophys. Res., 84(A12), 7138-7154, doi:10.1029/JA084iA12p07138.
2. Baker D. N., R. L. McPherron, T. E. Cayton, and R. W. Klebesadel (1990), Linear prediction filter analysis of relativistic electron properties at 6.6 re, J. Geophys. Res., 95(A9), 15,133-15,140. doi:10.1029/ JA095iA09p15133.
3. Baker D. N., S. G. Kanekal, and J. B. Blake, (2004a), Characterizing the Earth's outer Van Allen zone using a radiation belt content index, Space Weather, 2, S02003, doi:10.1029/2003SW000026.
4. Baker, D. N., S. G. Kanekal, X. Li, S. P. Monk, J. Goldstein, and J. L. Burch (2004b), An extreme distortion of the Van Allen belt arising from the 'H (Pubitemid 40037145)
5. Belian, R. D., T. E. Cayton, R. A. Christensen, J. C. Ingraham, M. M. Meier, G. D. Reeves, and A. J. Lazarus (1996), Relativistic electrons in the outer-zone: An 11-year cycle; their relation to the solar wind, in Workshop on the Earth's Trapped Particle Environment, edited by G. D. Reeves, AIP Press, New York.
6. Blake, J. B., D. N. Baker, N. Turner, K. W. Ogilvie, and R. P. Lepping (1997), Correlation of changes in the outer-zone relativistic-electron population with upstream solar wind and magnetic field measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24(8), 927-929, doi:10.1029/97GL00859. (Pubitemid 127688679)
7. Borovsky, J. E., and M. H. Denton (2006), Differences between CMEdriven storms and CIR-driven storms, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A07S08, doi:10.1029/2005JA011447. (Pubitemid 46150618)
8. Cayton, T. E., and M. Tuszewski (2005), Improved electron fluxes from the synchronous orbit particle analyzer, Space Weather, 3, S11B05, doi:10.1029/2005SW000150.
9. Degeling, A. W., R. Rankina, K. Kabina, R. Marchanda, and I. R. Mann (2007), The effect of ULF compressional modes and field line resonances on relativistic electron dynamics, Planet. Space Sci., 55, 731-742, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2006.04.039. (Pubitemid 46528469)
10. Friedel, R. H. W., G. D. Reeves, and T. Obara (2002), Relativistic electron dynamics in the inner magnetosphere-a review, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 64(2), 265-282, doi:10.1016/S1364-6826(01)00088-8.
11. Horne, R. B., R. M. Thorne, S. A. Glauert, N. P. Meredith, D. Pokhotelov, and O. Santolík (2007), Electron acceleration in the Van Allen radiation belts by fast magnetosonic waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L17107, doi:10.1029/2007GL030267. (Pubitemid 350065245)
12. Kennel, C. F., and H. E. Petschek (1966), Limit on Stably Trapped Particle Fluxes, J. Geophys. Res., 71(1), 1-28, doi:10.1029/JZ071i001p00001.
13. Li, X., M. Temerin, D. N. Baker, G. D. Reeves, and D. Larson (2001), Quantitative prediction of radiation belt electrons at geostationary orbit based on solar wind measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28(9), 1887-1890, doi:10.1029/2000GL012681. (Pubitemid 32575940)
14. Li, X., D. N. Baker, M. Temerin, G. Reeves, R. Friedel, and C. Shen (2005), Energetic electrons, 50 keV to 6 MeV, at geosynchronous orbit: Their responses to solar wind variations, Space Weather, 3, S04001, doi:10.1029/2004SW000105.
15. Liu, W. W., G. Rostoker, and D. N. Baker (1999), Internal acceleration of relativistic electrons by large-amplitude ULF pulsations, J. Geophys. Res., 104(A8), 17,391-17,407, doi:10.1029/1999JA900168.
16. Lyatsky, W., and G. V. Khazanov (2008a), Effect of solar wind density on relativistic electrons at geosynchronous orbit, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L03109, doi:10.1029/2007GL032524. (Pubitemid 351492900)
17. Lyatsky, W., and G. V. Khazanov (2008b), Effect of geomagnetic disturbances and solar wind density on relativistic electrons at geostationary orbit, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A08224, doi:10.1029/2008JA013048.
18. Mathie, R. A., and I. R. Mann (2000), A correlation between extended intervals of Ulf wave power and storm-time geosynchronous relativistic electron flux enhancements, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27(20), 3261-3264, doi:10.1029/ 2000GL003822. (Pubitemid 32043139)
19. McPherron, R. L., D. N. Baker, and N. U. Crooker (2009), Role of the Russell-McPherron effect in the acceleration of relativistic electrons, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 71(10-11), 1032-1044.
20. Meier, M. M., et al. (Eds.) (1996), The energy spectrometer for particles (ESP): Instrument description and orbital performance, in AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 383, pp. 203-210, Amer. Inst. Phys., New York.
21. Millan, R. M., and R. M. Thorne (2007), Review of radiation belt relativistic electron losses, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 69(3), 362-377. (Pubitemid 46291699)
22. Miyoshi, Y., and R. Kataoka (2008), Flux enhancement of the outer radiation belt electrons after the arrival of stream interaction regions, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A03S09, doi:10.1029/2007JA012506.
23. Morley, S. K., R. H. W. Friedel, E. L. Spanswick, G. D. Reeves, J. T. Steinberg, J. Koller, T. Cayton, and E. Noveroske (2010), Dropouts of the outer electron radiation belt in response to solar wind stream interfaces: Global positioning system observations, Proc. R. Soc. A, 466, 3275-3277, doi:10.1098/rspa.2010.0371.
24. O'Brien, T. P., R. L. McPherron, D. Sornette, G. D. Reeves, R. Friedel, and H. J. Singer (2001), Which magnetic storms produce relativistic electrons at geosynchronous orbit?, J. Geophys. Res., 106(A8), 15,533-15,544, doi:10.1029/2001JA000052. (Pubitemid 33727300)
25. Omura, Y., N. Furuya, and D. Summers (2007), Relativistic turning acceleration of resonant electrons by coherent whistler mode waves in a dipole magnetic field, J. Geophys. Res., 112, A06236, doi:10.1029/ 2006JA012243.
26. Parsons, M. A., R. Duerr, and J.-B. Minster (2010), Data citation and peer review, Eos Trans. AGU, 91(34), 297, doi:10.1029/2010EO340001.
27. Paulikas, G. A., and J. B. Blake (1979), Effects of the solar wind on magnetospheric dynamics: Energetic electrons at the synchronous orbit, in Quantitative Modeling of Magnetospheric Processes, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., vol. 21, pp. 180-202, AGU, Washington, D. C.
28. Qin, Z., R. E. Denton, N. A. Tsyganenko, and S. Wolf (2007), Solar wind parameters for magnetospheric magnetic field modeling, Space Weather, 5, S11003, doi:10.1029/2006SW000296.
29. Rae, I. J., et al. (2005), Evolution and characteristics of global Pc5 ULF waves during a high solar wind speed interval, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A12211, doi:10.1029/2005JA011007. (Pubitemid 44971487)
30. Reeves, G. D. (1998), Relativistic electrons and magnetic storms: 1992-1995, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25(11), 1817-1820, doi:10.1029/98GL01398.
31. Reeves, G. D. (2007), Radiation belt storm probes: A new mission for space weather forecasting, Space Weather, 5, S11002, doi:10.1029/ 2007SW000341.
32. Reeves, G. D., A. Chan, and C. Rodger (2009), New directions for radiation belt research, Space Weather, 7, S07004, doi:10.1029/2008SW000436.
33. Sheskin, D. J. (2007), Handbook of Parametric and Nonparametric Statistical Procedures, 4th ed., Chapman and Hall, Boca Raton, Fla.
34. Shprits, Y. Y., S. R. Elkington, N. P. Meredith, and D. A. Subbotin (2008), Review of modeling of losses and sources of relativistic electrons in the outer radiation belt I: Radial transport, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 70(14), 1679-1693, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2008.06.008.
35. Summers, D., R. M. Thorne, 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, doi:10.1029/98JA01740. (Pubitemid 128665190)
36. Tsurutani, B. T., and W. D. Gonzalez (1987), The cause of high-intensity long-duration continuous AE activity (HILDCAAs): Interplanetary Alfvén wave trains, Planet. Space Sci., 35, 405-412.
37. Ukhorskiy, A. Y., K. Takahashi, B. J. Anderson, and H. Korth (2005), Impact of toroidal ULF waves on the outer radiation belt electrons, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A10202, doi:10.1029/2005JA011017. (Pubitemid 44971556)
38. Williams, D. J. (1966), A 27 day periodicity in outer zone trapped electron intensities, J. Geophys. Res., 71(7), 1815-1826, doi:10.1029/ JZ071i007p01815.
39. Wrenn, G. L. (1995), Conclusive evidence for internal dielectric charging anomalies on geosynchronous communications spacecraft, J. Spacecr. Rockets, 32(3), 514-520, doi:10.2514/3.26645.