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    Statistics and Empirical Models of the Plasmasphere Boundaries From the Van Allen Probes for Radiation Belt Physics

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    Ripoll, J.-F.
    Thaller, S.A.
    Hartley, D.P.
    Cunningham, G.S.
    Pierrard, V.
    Kurth, W.S.
    Kletzing, C.A.
    Wygant, J.R.
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    Discipline
    Physical sciences
    Subject
    plasmasphere
    plasmapause
    100 cm−3
    radiation belts
    wave particle interactions
    Audience
    Scientific
    Date
    2022
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    We deduce the electron plasma density from the NASA Van Allen Probes Electric Field and Waves and Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science measurements and extract the plasmasphere boundaries throughout 2012–2019. We use the gradient method for locating the plasmapause at Lpp and the 100 cm−3 density threshold for the plasmasphere outer edge at L100. We show how, where, and when both Lpp and L100 coincide when the plasmapause gradient exists. L100 is demonstrated to bound the plasmasphere at large L-shell in the dusk. The plasmasphere expands farther out than predicted from the Carpenter and Anderson (1992, https://doi.org/10.1029/91JA01548) model. We generate statistics of the plasmasphere boundaries binned by L-shell, magnetic local time (MLT), and geomagnetic indices, leading to new models for radiation belt codes. The L100 boundary commonly varies by ∼±0.5 L, increasing with activity up to ∼±1 L, becomes MLT-dependent for Kp > ∼2, and is preferentially steep on the night side for non-quiet times and a wider region in the afternoon sector.
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    Ripoll, J.-F.; Thaller, S.A.; Hartley, D.P.; Cunningham, G.S.; Pierrard, V.; Kurth, W.S.; Kletzing, C.A.; Wygant, J.R. (2022). Statistics and Empirical Models of the Plasmasphere Boundaries From the Van Allen Probes for Radiation Belt Physics. , Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 49, Issue 21, e2022GL101402, DOI: 10.1029/2022GL101402.
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    uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/10649
    doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101402
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    Language
    eng
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