@article{2f89e50307bb48e28a2fadad28da9dbd,
title = "On relation between mid-latitude ionospheric ionization and quasi-trapped energetic electrons during 15 December 2006 magnetic storm",
abstract = "We report simultaneous observations of intense fluxes of quasi-trapped energetic electrons and substantial enhancements of ionospheric electron concentration (EC) at low and middle latitudes over the Pacific region during the geomagnetic storm on 15 December 2006. Electrons with energy of tens of keV were measured at altitude of ∼800900 km by POES and DMSP satellites. Experimental data from COSMIC/FS3 satellites and global network of ground-based GPS receivers were used to determine height profiles of EC and vertical total EC, respectively. A good spatial and temporal correlation between the electron fluxes and EC enhancements was found. This fact allows us to suggest that the quasi-trapped energetic electrons can be an important source of ionospheric ionization at middle latitudes during magnetic storms.",
keywords = "Ionospheric storms, Magnetic storms, Radiation belts",
author = "Suvorova, {A. V.} and Tsai, {L. C.} and Dmitriev, {A. V.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank a team of NOAA's Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites for providing experimental data about energetic particles and Kyoto World Data Center for Geomagnetism ( http://wdc.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/index.html ) for providing the Dst, Kp and AE geomagnetic indices. The Global Ionosphere Maps/VTEC Data from European Data Center was obtained through ftp://ftp.unibe.ch/aiub/CODE/ . The ACE solar wind data were provided by N. Ness and D.J. McComas through the CDAWeb website. We acknowledge Dr. Patrick Newell for help with providing DMSP data. The DMSP particle detectors were designed by Dave Hardy of AFRL, and data obtained from JHU/APL. This work was supported by grant NSC 99-2811-M-008-093 and Ministry of Education under the Aim for Top University program at NCU of Taiwan #985603-20.",
year = "2012",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1016/j.pss.2011.11.001",
language = "???core.languages.en_GB???",
volume = "60",
pages = "363--369",
journal = "Planetary and Space Science",
issn = "0032-0633",
number = "1",
}