Space Environment Modeling Group

Foster J. C., P. J. Erickson, D. N. Baker, S. G. Claudepierre, C. A. Kletzing, W. Kurth, G. D. Reeves, S. A. Thaller, H. E. Spence, Y. Y. Shprits, J. R. Wygant, (2014), Prompt energization of relativistic and highly relativistic electrons during a substorm interval: Van Allen Probes observations, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 20-25, doi:10.1002/2013GL058438

Orlova K., Y. Shprits, (2014), Model of lifetimes of the outer radiation belt electrons in a realistic magnetic field using realistic chorus wave parameters, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 119, 770-780, doi:10.1002/2013JA019596

Bunch N. L., M. Spasojevic, Y. Y. Shprits, X. Gu, F. Foust, (2013), The spectral extent of chorus in the off-equatorial magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 118, 1700-1705, doi:10.1029/2012JA018182

Chen L., R. M. Thorne, Y. Shprits, B. Ni, (2013), An improved dispersion relation for parallel propagating electromagnetic waves in warm plasmas: Application to electron scattering, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 118, 2185-2195, doi:10.1002/jgra.50260

Kim K., Y. Shprits, (2013), Long-term relativistic radiation belt electron responses to GEM magnetic storms, Journal Of Atmospheric And Solar-terrestrial Physics, 100-101, 59 – 67, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2013.04.007

Shprits Y. Y., D. Subbotin, A. Drozdov, M. E. Usanova, A. Kellerman, K. Orlova, D. N. Baker, D. L. Turner, K. Kim, (2013), Unusual stable trapping of the ultrarelativistic electrons in the Van Allen radiation belts, Nature Physics, 9, 699–703, doi:10.1038/nphys2760

Spasojevic M., Y. Y. Shprits, (2013), Chorus functional dependencies derived from CRRES data, Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 3793-3797, doi:10.1002/grl.50755

Bunch N. L., M. Spasojevic, Y. Y. Shprits, (2012), Off-equatorial chorus occurrence and wave amplitude distributions as observed by the Polar Plasma Wave Instrument, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 117, doi:10.1029/2011JA017228

Gu X., Y. Y. Shprits, B. Ni, (2012), Parameterized lifetime of radiation belt electrons interacting with lower-band and upper-band oblique chorus waves, Geophysical Research Letters, 39, doi:10.1029/2012GL052519

Kim K., Y. Shprits, (2012), Radial gradients of phase space density in the inner electron radiation, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 117, doi:10.1029/2012JA018211

Kim K., Y. Shprits, D. Subbotin, B. Ni, (2012), Relativistic radiation belt electron responses to GEM magnetic storms: Comparison of CRRES observations with 3-D VERB simulations, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 117, doi:10.1029/2011JA017460

Menietti J. D., Y. Y. Shprits, R. B. Horne, E. E. Woodfield, G. B. Hospodarsky, D. A. Gurnett, (2012), Chorus, ECH, and Z mode emissions observed at Jupiter and Saturn and possible electron acceleration, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 117, doi:10.1029/2012JA018187

Shprits Y. Y., J. D. Menietti, X. Gu, K. C. Kim, R. B. Horne, (2012), Gyroresonant interactions between the radiation belt electrons and whistler mode chorus waves in the radiation environments of Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn: A comparative study, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 117, doi:10.1029/2012JA018031

Kim K., Y. Shprits, D. Subbotin, B. Ni, (2011), Understanding the dynamic evolution of the relativistic electron slot region including radial and pitch angle diffusion, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 116, doi:10.1029/2011JA016684

Ni B., R. M. Thorne, Y. Y. Shprits, K. G. Orlova, N. P. Meredith, (2011), Chorus-driven resonant scattering of diffuse auroral electrons in nondipolar magnetic fields, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 116, doi:10.1029/2011JA016453

Ni B., R. M. Thorne, N. P. Meredith, Y. Y. Shprits, R. B. Horne, (2011), Diffuse auroral scattering by whistler mode chorus waves: Dependence on wave normal angle distribution, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 116, doi:10.1029/2011JA016517

Orlova K. G., Y. Y. Shprits, (2011), On the bounce-averaging of scattering rates and the calculation of bounce period, Physics Of Plasmas, 18, 092904, doi:10.1063/1.3638137

Subbotin D. A., Y. Y. Shprits, M. Gkioulidou, L. R. Lyons, B. Ni, V. G. Merkin, F. R. Toffoletto, R. M. Thorne, R. B. Horne, M. K. Hudson, (2011), Simulation of the acceleration of relativistic electrons in the inner magnetosphere using RCM-VERB coupled codes, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 116, doi:10.1029/2010JA016350