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Brautigam et al. 2005
Brautigam, D.H., Ginet, G.P., Albert, J.M., Wygant, J.R., Rowland, D.E., Ling, A. and Bass, J. (2005). CRRES electric field power spectra and radial diffusion coefficients. Journal of Geophysical Research 110: doi: 10.1029/2004JA010612. issn: 0148-0227.

Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite (CRRES) Electric Field Instrument (EFI) data are used to determine the electric field power spectral density as a function of L and Kp over the frequency range 0.2 to 15.9 mHz. The power at each frequency is fit to the function P(L, Kp) = a Lb exp(cKp). Assuming a purely electrostatic field and making several other assumptions regarding the azimuthal dependence of the field fluctuations, a Kp-dependent radial diffusion coefficient DLLE is computed from the power spectra. The model average DLLE for high activity (Kp = 6) are between 1 to 2 orders of magnitude larger than that for low activity (Kp = 1), dependent upon L and first invariant.

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Magnetospheric Physics, Electric fields, Magnetospheric Physics, Energetic particles, trapped, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere, inner, Magnetospheric Physics, Numerical modeling, electric power spectra, radial diffusion coefficient
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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