ENERGETIC ELECTRON INJECTIONS INTO THE INNER MAGNETOSPHERE DURING THEJAN. 10-11, 1997 MAGNETIC STORM

Citation
Xl. Li et al., ENERGETIC ELECTRON INJECTIONS INTO THE INNER MAGNETOSPHERE DURING THEJAN. 10-11, 1997 MAGNETIC STORM, Geophysical research letters, 25(14), 1998, pp. 2561-2564
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
ISSN journal
00948276
Volume
25
Issue
14
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2561 - 2564
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-8276(1998)25:14<2561:EEIITI>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
At the end of the main phase of the Jan. 10-11, 1997 magnetic storm, a rapid enhancement of 0.4-1.6 MeV electrons across L = 4.2-6 was measu red by particle detectors on the Solar, Anomalous, and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer (SAMPEX) and three Global Positioning System (GPS) s atellites. This enhancement, over two orders of magnitude at L = 4.2-5 , occurred around 11:00 UT on Jan. 10, when the AE index reached simil ar to 2000 nT and when a solar wind pressure pulse arrived. Using data from multiple satellites and ground stations, we determine that the r apid enhancement of 0.4-1.6 MeV electrons in the magnetosphere at L = 4.2-6 was due to a combination of intense substorm activity during the early part of the magnetic storm which produced a source population a nd the following pressure pulse which quickly energized some of these electrons by moving them into stronger magnetic field.