RBSP-ECT Combined Pitch Angle Resolved Electron Flux Data Product

Boyd, Alexander J.; Spence, H. E.; Reeves, Edmond Geoffrey David; Funsten, III, Herbert O.; Skoug, Ruth M.; Larsen, Brian Arthur; Blake, J. B.; Fennell, J. F.; Claudepierre, S. G.; Baker, Daniel N.; Kanekal, Shrikhanth G.; Jaynes, A. N.

doi:10.1029/2020ja028637

Title: RBSP-ECT Combined Pitch Angle Resolved Electron Flux Data Product

Journal Article · Thu Feb 11 00:00:00 EST 2021 · Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/2020ja028637· OSTI ID:1856147

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The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (United States)
Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); The New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD (United States)
Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States)

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.

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

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

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

OSTI ID:: 1856147

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-20-28808; TRN: US2305073

Journal Information:: Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics, Vol. 126, Issue 3; ISSN 2169-9380

Publisher:: American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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