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Simulation of the prompt energization and transport of radiation belt particles during the March 24, 1991 SSCWe model the rapid (about 1 min) formation of a new electron radiation belt at L about or = 2.5 that resulted from the Storm Sudden Commencement (SSC) of March 24, 1991 as observed by the Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite (CRRES) satellite. Guided by the observed electric and magnetic fields, we represent the time-dependent magnetospheric electric field during the SSC by an asymmetric bipolar pulse that is associated with the compression and relaxation of the Earth's magnetic field. We follow the electrons using a relativistic guiding center code. The test-particle simulations show that electrons with energies of a few MeV at L greater than 6 were energized up to 40 MeV and transported to L about or = 2.5 during a fraction of their drift period. The energization process conserves the first adiabatic invariant and is enhanced due to resonance of the electron drift motion with the time-varying electric field. Our simulation results, with an initial W(exp -8) energy flux spectra, reproduce the observed electron drift echoes and show that the interplanetary shock impacted the magnetosphere between 1500 and 1800 MLT.
Document ID
19950044295
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Li, Xinlin
(Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH United States)
Roth, I.
(Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA United States)
Temerin, M.
(Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA United States)
Wygant, J. R.
(Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA United States)
Hudson, M. K.
(Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH United States)
Blake, J. B.
(The Aerospace Corporation Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
November 19, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 20
Issue: 22
ISSN: 0094-8276
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
95A75894
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: F19628-87-K0016
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1626
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-1098
CONTRACT_GRANT: AF-AFOSR-F49620-93-1-0101
CONTRACT_GRANT: F04701-88-C-0089
CONTRACT_GRANT: F19628-92-K0009
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