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RBSP-ECT Combined Pitch Angle Resolved Electron Flux Data Product

Journal Article · · Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/2020ja028637· OSTI ID:1856147
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  1. The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States)
  3. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); The New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  4. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  5. The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
  6. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
  7. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD (United States)
  8. Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States)
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We describe a new data product combining pitch angle resolved electron flux measurements from the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) Energetic Particle Composition and Thermal Plasma (ECT) suite on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Van Allen Probes. Here, we describe the methodology used to combine each of the data sets and produce a consistent set of pitch-angle-resolved spectra for the entire Van Allen Probes mission. Three-minute-averaged flux spectra are provided spanning energies from 15 eV up to 20 MeV. This new data product offers researchers a consistent cross calibrated data set to explore the particle dynamics of the inner magnetosphere across a wide range of energies.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
NASA
Grant/Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001
OSTI ID:
1856147
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-20-28808
Journal Information:
Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 126; ISSN 2169-9380
Publisher:
American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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