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electron drift echoes in the inner magnetosphere
Author(s) -
Vampola A. L.,
Korth A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/92gl00121
Subject(s) - magnetosphere , physics , electron , range (aeronautics) , population , geophysics , van allen radiation belt , satellite , shock (circulatory) , van allen probes , atomic physics , plasma , computational physics , astronomy , nuclear physics , materials science , medicine , demography , sociology , composite material
A magnetospheric shock event on 24 March 1991 produced major effects in the energetic particle population in the inner magnetosphere. Electron drift echoes were observed in the range of L=2.6 to 2.1 by instrumentation on the CRRES satellite. It is inferred from the drift rate that the energy of the electrons which were observed was in the range of 12 to 25 MeV and perhaps higher.