Highly relativistic radiation belt electron acceleration, transport, and loss: Large solar storm events of March and June 2015

Baker, Daniel N.; Jaynes, A. N.; Kanekal, S. G.; Foster, J. C.; Erickson, P. J.; Fennell, J. F.; Blake, J. B.; Zhao, H.; Li, X.; Elkington, S. R.; Henderson, Michael Gerard; Reeves, G. D.; Spence, H. E.; Kletzing, C. A.; Wygant, J. R.

doi:10.1002/2016JA022502

Title: Highly relativistic radiation belt electron acceleration, transport, and loss: Large solar storm events of March and June 2015

Journal Article · Sat Jul 09 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JA022502· OSTI ID:1304817

Baker, Daniel N. ^[1]; Jaynes, A. N. ^[1]; Kanekal, S. G. ^[2]; Foster, J. C. ^[3]; Erickson, P. J. ^[3]; Fennell, J. F. ^[4]; Blake, J. B. ^[4]; Zhao, H. ^[1]; Li, X. ^[1]; Elkington, S. R. ^[1]; Henderson, Michael Gerard ^[5];

^[5]; Spence, H. E. ^[6]; Kletzing, C. A. ^[7]; Wygant, J. R. ^[8]

Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, MD (United States)
MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA (United States)
The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States)
Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States)
Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN (United States)

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396; NAS5-01072; 89233218CNA000001

OSTI ID:: 1304817

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1597374

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-16-22086; LA-UR-19-32275

Journal Information:: Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics, Vol. 121, Issue 7; ISSN 2169-9380

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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