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Wave-induced particle precipitation from the magnetosphere and the associated ionospheric perturbations

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5605050
A brief review of the gyroresonant wave-induced precipitation of energetic radiation belt particles is presented, using the particular case of interactions involving lightning-generated whistler waves as an example. The interaction physics is first discussed in the context of results from a recently developed theoretical model of the whistler-particle scattering process occurring in the magnetosphere. This is followed by a discussion of the Trimpi effect, a particularly sensitive ground-based technique that has recently been increasingly used for detecting ionospheric perturbations produced by whistler-induced energetic particle precipitation from the magnetosphere on L-shells of 2-5.
Research Organization:
Stanford Univ., CA (USA). Space, Telecommunications and Radioscience Lab.
OSTI ID:
5605050
Report Number(s):
AD-P-005697/8/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English