Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....9813575i&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. A8, p. 13,575-13,580.
Physics
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Electron Energy, Electron Precipitation, Flux (Rate), Relativistic Particles, Energy Spectra, Remote Sensing, Spectrometers
Scientific paper
The precipitation rates into the atmosphere of electrons over 1 MeV during a weak relativistic enhancement in the spring of 1979 have been derived from electron fluxes measured on a low-altitude satellite, P78-1. The inputs to the atmosphere were obtained from drift loss cone fluxes of electrons over 1 MeV by using measurements with fine angular resolution at lower energies of the ratios of the direct precipitation rates to the fluxes of locally trapped electrons. The analyses indicated that often the inputs to the atmosphere may be primarily from precipitating electrons at pitch angles near the edge of the trapped fluxes, illustrating the inadequacy of broad angular resolution measurements for precipitation studies. The data showed a strong L dependence for the precipitation of relativistic electrons extending from L about 2.5 to L about 8.5. When summed over all longitudes and latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere, the total input energy rate of electrons over 1 MeV precipitating into the atmosphere near the peak of the event on May 25-30, 1979, was about 5 x 10 exp 19 ergs/d.
Gaines Edward E.
Imhof William L.
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