SAMPEX - Yohkoh: Solar Modification of Relativistic Electrons in the Earth's Radiation Belts

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The Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer, SAMPEX, measures fluxes of energetic particles from the sun, the Earth's magnetosphere, and cosmic ray sources over a broad range of energies. The four instruments aboard SAMPEX are the Low-Energy Ion Analyzer (LEICA), The Heavy Ion Large Telescope (HILT), The Mass Spectrometer Telescope (MAST), and the Proton-Electron Telescope (PET). The Soft X-ray Telescope on the Yohkoh satellite takes daily full-disk soft X-ray images of the Sun. Comparing data sets from the two satellites allows correlation of electron fluxes in the Earth's radiation belts with solar output.

A comparison of energetic electron fluxes (> 0.4 MeV) over the North Pole from the PET P1 solid state detector during the period 7-19-1993 through 8-6-1994 with soft X-ray images from Yohkoh

Video slate image reads "SAMPEX YOHKOHSolar Modification of Relativistic Electrons in the Earth's Radiation BeltsS.G.Kanekal, D.N. Baker, B. Klecker, J.R. Cummings, R.A. Mewaldt, and L.W. Acton".

Video slate image reads "SAMPEX YOHKOH
Solar Modification of Relativistic Electrons in the Earth's Radiation Belts
S.G.Kanekal, D.N. Baker, B. Klecker, J.R. Cummings, R.A. Mewaldt, and L.W. Acton".

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See http://sunland.gsfc.nasa.gov/smex/sampex/

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