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Imhof et al. 1992
Imhof, W.L., Robinson, R.M., Collin, H.L., Wugant, J.R. and Anderson, R.R. (1992). Simultaneous equatorial measurements of waves and precipitating electrons in the outer radiation belt. Geophysical Research Letters 19: doi: 10.1029/92GL02606. issn: 0094-8276.

Simultaneous wave and precipitating electron measurements near the equator in the outer radiation belt have been made from the CRRES satellite. The electron data of principal concern here were acquired in and about the loss cone with narrow angular resolution spectrometers covering the energy range 340 eV to 5 MeV. The wave data included electric field measurements spanning frequencies from 5 Hz to 400 kHz and magnetic field measurements from 5 Hz to 10 kHz. This paper presents examples in which the variations in electron fluxes in the loss cone and the wave intensities were correlated. These variations in electron flux were confined to pitch angles less than aobut 30¿. The association between the flux enhancements and the waves is consistent with wave-induced pitch angle diffusion processes. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1992

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Magnetospheric Physics, Energetic particles, precipitating, Magnetospheric Physics, Energetic particles, trapped, Magnetospheric Physics, Plasma waves and instabilities, Space Plasma Physics, Wave/particle interactions
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Geophysical Research Letters
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