The dynamics of the terrestrial radiation belts and its links to the plasmasphere

dc.contributor.author	Pierrard, V.
dc.contributor.author	Benck, S.
dc.date	2012
dc.date.accessioned	2016-03-29T10:07:37Z
dc.date.available	2016-03-29T10:07:37Z
dc.identifier.uri	https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/3025
dc.description	The Earth's radiation belts comprise electrons with energies from 0.01 to 10 MeV and protons with energies from 0.1 to 500 MeV trapped in the terrestrial magnetic field. The outer electron belt (L<3) is highly variable with space weather. During geomagnetic storms, the electron fluxes vary of several orders of magnitudes and the outer belt penetrates closer to the Earth. The plasmasphere is also eroded during geomagnetic storms so that the plasmapause goes closer to the Earth. In the present work, we describe the main characteristics and the correlation that exists between the dynamics of the radiation belts and that of the plasmasphere, as we obtained with SAC-C and CLUSTER observations.
dc.language	eng
dc.title	The dynamics of the terrestrial radiation belts and its links to the plasmasphere
dc.type	Conference
dc.subject.frascati	Physical sciences
dc.audience	Scientific
dc.source.title	AIP Conference Proceedings
dc.source.volume	1500
dc.source.page	216-221
Orfeo.peerreviewed	No
dc.identifier.doi	10.1063/1.4768769
dc.identifier.scopus	2-s2.0-84873156338