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A first approach to model the low-frequency wave activity in the plasmasphere
1LPCE/CNRS, 3A Av. de la Recherche Scientifique, 45071 Orléans Cedex, France
2CEA/ DAM Ile-de France, Département de Physique Théorique et Appliquée, BP 12, 91680 Bruyères le Chatel, France
3STAR/Stanford University, USA
Correspondence to: F. Lefeuvre
(lefeuvre@cnrs-orleans.fr)
Abstract. A comprehensive empirical model of waves is developed in the objective to simulate wave-particle interactions involved in the loss and acceleration of radiation belt electrons. Three years of measured magnetic wave field components from the Plasma Wave Instrument on board the DE-1 satellite are used to model the amplitude spectral density of the magnetic wave field of each type of emission observed in the equatorial regions of the plasmasphere: VLF transmitter emissions, chorus emissions, plasmaspheric hiss emissions and equatorial emissions below ~ 200 Hz. Each model is a function of the wave frequency f , the MLT, L and Mlat parameters, and the Kp values. The performances of the plasmaspheric hiss and chorus models are tested on amplitude spectra recorded on board the OGO-5 and GEOS-1 satellites.
Key words. Magnetospheric physics (plasmasphere; plasma waves and instabilities; instruments and techniques)
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Citation: André, R., Lefeuvre, F., Simonet, F., and Inan, U. S.: A first approach to model the low-frequency wave activity in the plasmasphere, Ann. Geophys., 20, 981-996, doi:10.5194/angeo-20-981-2002, 2002. Bibtex EndNote Reference Manager XML
