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Title: An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit

Abstract

Knowledge of the plasma fluxes at geosynchronous orbit is important to both scientific and operational investigations. We present a new empirical model of the ion flux and the electron flux at geosynchronous orbit (GEO) in the energy range ~1 eV to ~40 keV. The model is based on a total of 82 satellite-years of observations from the Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzer instruments on Los Alamos National Laboratory satellites at GEO. These data are assigned to a fixed grid of 24 local-times and 40 energies, at all possible values of Kp. Bi-linear interpolation is used between grid points to provide the ion flux and the electron flux values at any energy and local-time, and for given values of geomagnetic activity (proxied by the 3-hour Kp index), and also for given values of solar activity (proxied by the daily F10.7 index). Initial comparison of the electron flux from the model with data from a Compact Environmental Anomaly Sensor II (CEASE-II), also located at geosynchronous orbit, indicate a good match during both quiet and disturbed periods. The model is available for distribution as a FORTRAN code that can be modified to suit user-requirements.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [1];  [4];  [5];  [6]
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  1. Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO (United States)
  2. Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ (United States)
  3. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  4. Sellafield Ltd., Seascale (United Kingdom)
  5. SES Engineering, Betzdorf (Luxembourg)
  6. Lancaster Univ., Lancaster (United Kingdom)
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Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1193436
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-15-20164
Journal ID: ISSN 1542-7390
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Space Weather
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 13; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1542-7390
Publisher:
American Geophysical Union
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
58 GEOSCIENCES

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Denton, M. H., Thomsen, M. F., Jordanova, V. K., Henderson, M. G., Borovsky, J. E., Denton, J. S., Pitchford, D., and Hartley, D. P. An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1002/2015SW001168.
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Denton, M. H., Thomsen, M. F., Jordanova, V. K., Henderson, M. G., Borovsky, J. E., Denton, J. S., Pitchford, D., & Hartley, D. P. An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015SW001168
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Denton, M. H., Thomsen, M. F., Jordanova, V. K., Henderson, M. G., Borovsky, J. E., Denton, J. S., Pitchford, D., and Hartley, D. P. Wed . "An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015SW001168. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1193436.
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@article{osti_1193436,
title = {An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit},
author = {Denton, M. H. and Thomsen, M. F. and Jordanova, V. K. and Henderson, M. G. and Borovsky, J. E. and Denton, J. S. and Pitchford, D. and Hartley, D. P.},
abstractNote = {Knowledge of the plasma fluxes at geosynchronous orbit is important to both scientific and operational investigations. We present a new empirical model of the ion flux and the electron flux at geosynchronous orbit (GEO) in the energy range ~1 eV to ~40 keV. The model is based on a total of 82 satellite-years of observations from the Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzer instruments on Los Alamos National Laboratory satellites at GEO. These data are assigned to a fixed grid of 24 local-times and 40 energies, at all possible values of Kp. Bi-linear interpolation is used between grid points to provide the ion flux and the electron flux values at any energy and local-time, and for given values of geomagnetic activity (proxied by the 3-hour Kp index), and also for given values of solar activity (proxied by the daily F10.7 index). Initial comparison of the electron flux from the model with data from a Compact Environmental Anomaly Sensor II (CEASE-II), also located at geosynchronous orbit, indicate a good match during both quiet and disturbed periods. The model is available for distribution as a FORTRAN code that can be modified to suit user-requirements.},
doi = {10.1002/2015SW001168},
journal = {Space Weather},
number = 4,
volume = 13,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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