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ELFIN-GPS comparison of energetic electron fluxes: modeling low-altitude electron flux mapping to the equatorial magnetosphere
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  • Weiqin Sun,
  • Xiao-Jia Zhang,
  • Anton V Artemyev,
  • Didier Mourenas,
  • Steven K. Morley,
  • Vassilis Angelopoulos,
  • Satoshi Kasahara,
  • Yoshizumi Miyoshi,
  • Ayako Matsuoka,
  • Takefumi Mitani,
  • Shoichiro Yokota,
  • Tomoaki Hori,
  • Kunihiro Keika,
  • Takeshi Takashima,
  • Mariko Teramoto,
  • Iku Shinohara,
  • Kazuhiro Yamamoto
Weiqin Sun
University of Texas at Dallas

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Xiao-Jia Zhang
The University of Texas at Dallas
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Anton V Artemyev
UCLA IGPP
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Didier Mourenas
CEA
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Steven K. Morley
Los Alamos National Laboratory (DOE)
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Vassilis Angelopoulos
University of California Los Angeles
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Satoshi Kasahara
The University of Tokyo
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Yoshizumi Miyoshi
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
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Ayako Matsuoka
Kyoto University
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Takefumi Mitani
ISAS/JAXA
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Shoichiro Yokota
Osaka University
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Tomoaki Hori
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
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Kunihiro Keika
The University of Tokyo
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Takeshi Takashima
JAXA/ISAS
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Mariko Teramoto
Kyushu Institute of Technology
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Iku Shinohara
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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Kazuhiro Yamamoto
The University of Tokyo
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Abstract

Near-equatorial measurements of energetic electron fluxes, in combination with numerical simulation, are widely used for monitoring of the radiation belt dynamics. However, the long orbital periods of near-equatorial spacecraft constrain the cadence of observations to once per several hours or greater, i.e., much longer than the mesoscale injections and rapid local acceleration and losses of energetic electrons of interest. An alternative approach for radiation belt monitoring is to use measurements of low-altitude spacecraft, which cover, once per hour or faster, the latitudinal range of the entire radiation belt within a few minutes. Such an approach requires, however, a procedure for mapping the flux from low equatorial pitch angles (near the loss cone) as measured at low altitude, to high equatorial pitch angles (far from the loss cone), as necessitated by equatorial flux models. Here we do this using the high energy resolution ELFIN measurements of energetic electrons. Combining those with GPS measurements we develop a model for the electron anisotropy coefficient, n, that describes electron flux jtrap dependence on equatorial pitch-angle, αeq, jtrap ∼ sinnαeq. We then validate this model by comparing its equatorial predictions from ELFIN with in-situ near-equatorial measurements from Arase (ERG) in the outer radiation belt.
09 Aug 2024Submitted to ESS Open Archive
12 Aug 2024Published in ESS Open Archive