Observations of low-latitude electron precipitation

Details Observations of low-latitude electron precipitation Observations of low-latitude electron precipitation

May 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988jgr....93.4131l&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 93, May 1, 1988, p. 4131-4133.

Physics

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Auroral Zones, Electron Precipitation, Equatorial Atmosphere, Radiation Belts, Magnetic Equator, Power Spectra, Spacelab

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The results of the electron flux measurements near the earth's equator (between +/- 30 deg latitude), performed by the electron spectrometer aboard Spacelab 1 are presented. The data set covers most longitudes outside the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA). Obserations, carried out between 0.1 and 12.5 keV electron energy revealed an unexpectedly high occurrence rate and flux intensity for the electron precipitation. Many precipitation events with flux levels above 20,000 el/sq cm per sec were observed, each consisting of two separate electron populations: a low-energy component (0.1-1 keV) with a power law spectrum; and a high-energy component (1-12.5 keV) with a distinct flattening of spectral slope, sometimes with a peak, and exhibiting a flare-up behavior on a maximum time scale of 1.5 h.

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