The Dynamic Loss of Earths Radiation Belts: From Loss in the Magnetosphere to Particle Precipitation in the Atmosphere

The Dynamic Loss of Earth's Radiation Belts: From Loss in the Magnetosphere to Particle Precipitation in the Atmosphere presents a very timely review of the last four years of data from various explorative missions including the Van Allen Probes, the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (which aims to determine magnetopause losses), the completion of four BARREL balloon campaigns and several CubeSat missions focusing on precipitation losses. This is the first book in the area to include a focus on loss, and not just acceleration and radial transport.

Bringing together two communities, the book includes experts with knowledge in both precipitation mechanisms and the effects on the atmosphere. The fields of atmospheric science and magnetospheric science are not often found working together. However, there is a direct link between what gets lost in the magnetospheric radiation environment and the energy deposited in the layers of our atmosphere. Very recently, NASA’s Living With a Star program identified a new, targeted research topic that addresses this question, highlighting the timeliness of this precise science. The Dynamic Loss of Earth's Radiation Belts brings together scientists from the space and atmospheric science communities to examine both the causes and effects of particle loss in the magnetosphere.

Examines both the causes and effects of particle loss in the magnetosphere from multiple perspectivesPresents interdisciplinary content helping to bridge the gap, through communication and collaboration, between the magnetospheric and atmospheric communitiesFills a gap in the literature by focusing on loss in the radiation belt, which is especially timely based on data from the Van Allen Probes, the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission, and other projectsIncludes contributions from various experts in the field, organized and collated by a clear and consistent editorial team

I. Radiation belt losses: outward transport and magnetopause shadowing II. Radiation belt losses: wave-particle interactions III. Radiation belt losses: high- and low-frequency wave-particle interactions IV. Ionospheric effects of particle precipitation V. Energetic Particle Precipitation (EPP) and chemistry VI. Effects of EPP on terrestrial atmosphere and weather systems