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Citation: Wang, J. Z., Zhu, Q., Gu, X. D., Fu, S., Guo, J. G., Zhang, X. X., Yi, J., Guo, Y. J., Ni, B. B., and Xiang, Z. (2020). An empirical model of the global distribution of plasmaspheric hiss based on Van Allen Probes EMFISIS measurements. Earth Planet. Phys., 4(3), 246–265. http://doi.org/10.26464/epp2020034

2020, 4(3): 246-265. doi: 10.26464/epp2020034

SPACE PHYSICS: MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS

An empirical model of the global distribution of plasmaspheric hiss based on Van Allen Probes EMFISIS measurements

JingZhi Wang 1,, Qi Zhu 1,, XuDong Gu 1,,, Song Fu 1,,, JianGuang Guo 2,, XiaoXin Zhang 2,, Juan Yi 1,, YingJie Guo 1,, BinBin Ni 1,, Zheng Xiang 1,

1. 

Department of Space Physics, School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
2. 

Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Center for Space Weather, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China

Corresponding author: XuDong Gu, guxudong@whu.edu.cnSong Fu, fusion@whu.edu.cn

Received Date: 2020-01-20
Web Publishing Date: 2020-05-08

Using wave measurements from the EMFISIS instrument onboard Van Allen Probes, we investigate statistically the spatial distributions of the intensity of plasmaspheric hiss waves. To reproduce these empirical results, we establish a fitting model that is a third-order polynomial function of L-shell, magnetic local time (MLT), magnetic latitude (MLAT), and AE*. Quantitative comparisons indicate that the model’s fitting functions can reflect favorably the major empirical features of the global distribution of hiss wave intensity, including substorm dependence and the MLT asymmetry. Our results therefore provide a useful analytic model that can be readily employed in future simulations of global radiation belt electron dynamics under the impact of plasmaspheric hiss waves in geospace.

Key words: hiss, Van Allen Probes, global model

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