Space Environment Modeling Group

Orlova K., Y. Shprits, M. Spasojevic, (2016), New global loss model of energetic and relativistic electrons based on Van Allen Probes measurements, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 121, 1308-1314, doi:10.1002/2015JA021878

Ripoll J. -., V. Loridan, G. S. Cunningham, G. D. Reeves, Y. Y. Shprits, (2016), On the time needed to reach an equilibrium structure of the radiation belts, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 121, 7684-7698, doi:10.1002/2015JA022207

Shprits Y. Y., A. Y. Drozdov, M. Spasojevic, A. C. Kellerman, M. E. Usanova, M. J. Engebretson, O. V. Agapitov, I. S. Zhelavskaya, T. J. Raita, H. E. Spence, D. N. Baker, H. Zhu, N. A. Aseev, (2016), Wave-induced loss of ultra-relativistic electrons in the Van Allen radiation belts, Nature Communications, 7, doi:10.1038/ncomms12883

Uzbekov B., Y. Shprits, K. Orlova, (2016), Scattering of Relativistic and Ultra-relativistic Electrons by Obliquely Propagating Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves, Journal Of Atmospheric And Solar-terrestrial Physics, 148, 22-31, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2016.08.004

Zhelavskaya I. S., M. Spasojevic, Y. Y. Shprits, W. S. Kurth, (2016), Automated determination of electron density from electric field measurements on the Van Allen Probes spacecraft, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 121, 4611-4625, doi:10.1002/2015JA022132

Shprits Y. Y., A. C. Kellerman, A. Y. Drozdov, H. E. Spence, G. D. Reeves, D. N. Baker, (2015), Combined convective and diffusive simulations: VERB-4D comparison with 17 March 2013 Van Allen Probes observations, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 9600-9608, doi:10.1002/2015GL065230

Spasojevic M., Y. Y. Shprits, K. Orlova, (2015), Global empirical models of plasmaspheric hiss using Van Allen Probes, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 120, 10,370-10,383, doi:10.1002/2015JA021803

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

Orlova K., M. Spasojevic, Y. Shprits, (2014), Activity-dependent global model of electron loss inside the plasmasphere, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 3744-3751, doi:10.1002/2014GL060100

Pakhotin I. P., A. Y. Drozdov, Y. Y. Shprits, R. J. Boynton, D. A. Subbotin, M. A. Balikhin, (2014), Simulation of high-energy radiation belt electron fluxes using NARMAX-VERB coupled codes, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 119, 8073-8086, doi:10.1002/2014JA020238

de Soria-Santacruz M., K. G. Orlova, M. Martinez-Sanchez, Y. Y. Shprits, (2013), Scattering rates of inner belt protons by EMIC waves: A comparison between test particle and diffusion simulations, Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 4793-4797, doi:10.1002/grl.50925

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

Ni B., Y. Y. Shprits, R. H. Friedel, R. M. Thorne, M. Daae, Y. Chen, (2013), Responses of Earth’s radiation belts to solar wind dynamic pressure variations in 2002 analyzed using multisatellite data and Kalman filtering, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 118, 4400-4414, doi:10.1002/jgra.50437

Shprits Y. Y., A. Runov, B. Ni, (2013), Gyro-resonant scattering of radiation belt electrons during the solar minimum by fast magnetosonic waves, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 118, 648-652, doi:10.1002/jgra.50108

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

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

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

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