Space Environment Modeling Group

Drozdov A. Y., L. W. Blum, M. Hartinger, H. Zhao, S. Lejosne, M. K. Hudson, H. J. Allison, L. Ozeke, A. N. Jaynes, (2022), Radial Transport Versus Local Acceleration: The Long-Standing Debate, Earth And Space Science, 9, e2022EA002216, doi:10.1029/2022EA002216, e2022EA002216 2022EA002216

Drozdov A. Y., H. J. Allison, Y. Y. Shprits, M. E. Usanova, A. Saikin, D. Wang, (2022), Depletions of Multi-MeV Electrons and Their Association to Minima in Phase Space Density, Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2021GL097620, doi:10.1029/2021GL097620, e2021GL097620 2021GL097620

Shprits Y. Y., H. J. Allison, D. Wang, A. Drozdov, M. Szabo-Roberts, I. Zhelavskaya, R. Vasile, (2022), A New Population of Ultra-Relativistic Electrons in the Outer Radiation Zone, J. of Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 127, e2021JA030214, doi:10.1029/2021JA030214, e2021JA030214 2021JA030214

Allison H. J., Y. Y. Shprits, I. S. Zhelavskaya, D. Wang, A. G. Smirnov, (2021), Gyroresonant wave-particle interactions with chorus waves during extreme depletions of plasma density in the Van Allen radiation belts, Science Advances, 7, doi:10.1126/sciadv.abc0380

Drozdov A. Y., H. J. Allison, Y. Y. Shprits, S. R. Elkington, N. A. Aseev, (2021), A Comparison of Radial Diffusion Coefficients in 1-D and 3-D Long-Term Radiation Belt Simulations, J. of Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 126, e2020JA028707, doi:10.1029/2020JA028707, e2020JA028707 2020JA028707

Drozdov A., H. Allison, Y. Shprits, M. Usanova, A. Saikin, (2021), Minima in phase space density and how they relate to the multi-MeV electron radiation belt depletions, (invited), Iceaa-ieee Apwc-usnc URSI RSM 2021, August 9-13, 2021

Drozdov A. Y., H. J. Allison, Y. Y. Shprits, S. R. Elkington, N. A. Aseev, (2021), A Comparison of Radial Diffusion Coefficients in 1-D and 3-D Long-Term Radiation Belt Simulations, SPARTHRB, UCLA

Drozdov A. Y., H. J. Allison, Y. Y. Shprits, S. R. Elkington, N. A. Aseev, (2021), 1-D and 3-D VERB code simulations with different DLL, Virtual GEM Summer Workshop 2021, July 20-23, 2020

Drozdov A. Y., H. J. Allison, Y. Y. Shprits, S. R. Elkington, N. A. Aseev, (2021), 3-D VERB code simulations with different DLL, Virtual GEM Summer Workshop 2021, July 20-23, 2020

Drozdov A., Y. Shprits, N. Aseev, M. Usanova, F. Effenberger, H. Allison, A. Saikin, I. Zhelavskaya, (2021), Depletion of multi-MeV electrons and its relation to the minima in phase space density, 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Sydney, Australia, 28 Jan – 04 Feb 2021

Drozdov A. Y., H. J. Allison, Y. Y. Shprits, M. E. Usanova, A. Saikin, D. Wang, M. Szabo-Roberts, (2021), Observations of multi-MeV electron flux depletion and their relation to the minima in phase space density, AGU 2021 Fall Meeting

Drozdov A. Y., H. J. Allison, Y. Y. Shprits, M. E. Usanova, D. Wang, (2021), Minima in phase space density and how they relate to the multi-MeV electron radiation belt depletions, SPARTHRB, UCLA

Shprits Y., A. Drozdov, H. Allison, N. Aseev, (2021), Unusual behavior of the ultra-relativistic electron radiation belts revealed by Van Allen Probes observations, 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Sydney, Australia, 28 Jan – 04 Feb 2021

Shprits Y., H. Allison, A. Drozdov, D. Wang, N. Aseev, I. Zhelavskaya, M. Usanova, (2021), Acceleration and Loss of Ultra-relativistic Electrons in the Earth Van Allen Radiation Belts, EGU General Assembly 2021, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU21-3120

Smirnov A., Y. Shprits, H. Allison, N. Aseev, A. Drozdov, P. Kollmann, (2021), Equatorial electron pitch angle distributions in Earth’s radiation belts and ring current: Van Allen Probes observations, 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Sydney, Australia, 28 Jan – 04 Feb 2021

Smirnov A., E. Kronberg, F. Effenberger, G. Reeves, S. Morley, Y. Shprits, N. Aseev, I. Zhelavskaya, M. Carver, H. Allison, M. Berrendorf, (2021), Medium energy electron flux in Earth’s outer radiation belt (MERLIN): a machine learning model from GPS data, 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 1086

Szabó-Roberts M., Y. Y. Shprits, H. J. Allison, R. Vasile, A. G. Smirnov, N. A. Aseev, A. Y. Drozdov, Y. Miyoshi, S. G. Claudepierre, S. Kasahara, S. Yokota, T. Mitani, T. Takashima, N. Higashio, T. Hori, K. Keika, S. Imajo, I. Shinohara, (2021), Preliminary Statistical Comparisons of Spin-Averaged Electron Data From Arase and Van Allen Probes Instruments, J. of Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 126, e2020JA028929, doi:10.1029/2020JA028929, e2020JA028929 2020JA028929

Wang D., Y. Shprits, A. Drozdov, N. Aseev, I. Zhelavskaya, A. Castillo, H. Allison, S. Cervantes Villa, F. Effenberger, (2021), Simulations of the Relativistic Radiation Belt Electrons Using the VERB-3D Code, EGU General Assembly 2021, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU21-3802

Allison H. J., Y. Y. Shprits, (2020), Local heating of radiation belt electrons to ultra-relativistic energies, Nature Communications, 11, doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18053-z

Cervantes Villa S., Y. Y. Shprits, N. A. Aseev, H. J. Allison, (2020), Quantifying the Effects of EMIC Wave Scattering and Magnetopause Shadowing in the Outer Electron Radiation Belt by Means of Data Assimilation, J. of Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 125, e2020JA028208, doi:10.1029/2020JA028208, e2020JA028208 10.1029/2020JA028208

Drozdov A. Y., M. E. Usanova, M. Hudson, H. J. Allison, Y. Y. Shprits, (2020), The role of hiss, chorus and EMIC waves in the modeling of the dynamics of the multi-MeV radiation belt electrons, Virtual GEM Summer Workshop 2020, July 20-23, 2020

Drozdov A. Y., M. E. Usanova, M. K. Hudson, H. J. Allison, Y. Y. Shprits, (2020), The Role of Hiss, Chorus, and EMIC Waves in the Modeling of the Dynamics of the Multi-MeV Radiation Belt Electrons, J. of Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 125, e2020JA028282, doi:10.1029/2020JA028282, e2020JA028282 2020JA028282

Drozdov A., H. Allison, Y. Shprits, N. Aseev, (2020), A Comparison of Radial Diffusion Coefficients in 1-D and 3-D Long-Term Radiation Belt Simulations, EGU General Assembly 2020, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 17757

Drozdov A., Y. Shprits, N. Aseev, M. Usanova, H. Allison, A. Saikin, I. Zhelavskaya, (2020), Minima in phase space density and how they relate to the multi-MeV electron radiation belt depletions, AGU 2020 Fall Meeting

Smirnov A. G., M. Berrendorf, Y. Y. Shprits, E. A. Kronberg, H. J. Allison, N. A. Aseev, I. S. Zhelavskaya, S. K. Morley, G. D. Reeves, M. R. Carver, F. Effenberger, (2020), Medium Energy Electron Flux in Earth’s Outer Radiation Belt (MERLIN): A Machine Learning Model, Space Weather, 18, e2020SW002532, doi:10.1029/2020SW002532, e2020SW002532 10.1029/2020SW002532

Szabo-Roberts M., Y. Shprits, H. Allison, A. Smirnov, N. Aseev, R. Vasile, Y. Miyoshi, T. Mitani, N. Higashio, S. Kasahara, (2020), Statistical Comparisons of Spin-Averaged Electron Flux from ARASE and Van Allen Probes Instruments, (poster), AGU 2020 Fall Meeting

Wutzig M., Y. Shprits, N. Aseev, I. Michaelis, H. Allison, R. Vasile, (2020), Using the VERB-4D code for forecasting Earth’s radiation belt and ring current electron dynamics, (invited), AGU 2020 Fall Meeting

Allanson O., C. E. Watt, H. Ratcliffe, N. P. Meredith, H. J. Allison, S. N. Bentley, T. Bloch, S. A. Glauert, (2019), Particle-in-cell Experiments Examine Electron Diffusion by Whistler-mode Waves: 1. Benchmarking With a Cold Plasma, J. of Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 124, 8893-8912, doi:10.1029/2019JA027088

Stallard T., K. Baines, T. Bradley, L. Moore, J. O’Donoghue, S. Miller, M. Chowdhury, S. Badman, H. Allison, E. Roussos, (2019), Local-time averaged maps of H 3 + emission, temperature and ion winds, Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society A: Mathematical Physical And Engineering Sciences, 377, 20180405, doi:10.1098/rsta.2018.0405

Watt C. E., H. J. Allison, N. P. Meredith, R. L. Thompson, S. N. Bentley, I. J. Rae, S. A. Glauert, R. B. Horne, (2019), Variability of Quasilinear Diffusion Coefficients for Plasmaspheric Hiss, J. of Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 124, 8488-8506, doi:10.1029/2018JA026401