Scientist
Biography
Dr. Dedong Wang studies waves in the magnetosphere, wave-particle interactions, and the dynamics of radiation belt electrons.
Research interests
- Magnetosphere
- Radiation Belt
- Wave-Particle Interaction
Publications
- Haas B., Y. Y. Shprits, H. J. Allison, M. Wutzig, D. Wang, (2023), A missing dusk-side loss process in the terrestrial electron ring current, Sci. Rep., 13, 970, doi:10.1038/s41598-023-28093-2
- Smirnov A., Y. Y. Shprits, H. Allison, N. Aseev, A. Drozdov, P. Kollmann, D. Wang, A. Saikin, (2022), An Empirical Model of the Equatorial Electron Pitch Angle Distributions in Earth’s Outer Radiation Belt, Space Weather, 20, e2022SW003053, doi:10.1029/2022SW003053
- 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. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 127, e2021JA030214, doi:10.1029/2021JA030214, e2021JA030214 2021JA030214
- 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
- Smirnov A., Y. Shprits, H. Allison, N. Aseev, A. Drozdov, P. Kollmann, D. Wang, A. A. Saikin, (2022), Storm-Time Evolution of the Equatorial Electron Pitch Angle Distributions in Earth’s Outer Radiation Belt, Frontiers In Astronomy And Space Sciences, 9, doi:10.3389/fspas.2022.836811
- 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
- Kim K., Y. Shprits, D. Wang, (2020), Quantifying the Effect of Plasmaspheric Hiss on the Electron Loss From the Slot Region, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 125, e2019JA027555, doi:10.1029/2019JA027555, e2019JA027555 2019JA027555
- Wang D., Y. Y. Shprits, I. S. Zhelavskaya, F. Effenberger, A. Castillo, A. Y. Drozdov, N. Aseev, S. Cervantes Villa, (2020), The Effect of Plasma Boundaries on the Dynamic Evolution of Relativistic Radiation Belt Electrons, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], n/a, e2019JA027422, doi:10.1029/2019JA027422, e2019JA027422 2019JA027422
- Aseev N. A., Y. Y. Shprits, D. Wang, J. Wygant, A. Y. Drozdov, A. C. Kellerman, G. D. Reeves, (2019), Transport and Loss of Ring Current Electrons Inside Geosynchronous Orbit During the 17 March 2013 Storm, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 124, 915-933, doi:10.1029/2018JA026031
- Wang D., Y. Y. Shprits, I. S. Zhelavskaya, O. V. Agapitov, A. Y. Drozdov, N. A. Aseev, (2019), Analytical Chorus Wave Model Derived from Van Allen Probe Observations, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 124, 1063-1084, doi:10.1029/2018JA026183
- Wang D., Y. Y. Shprits, (2019), On How High-latitude Chorus Waves Tip the Balance between Acceleration and Loss of Relativistic Electrons, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2019GL082681
- Castillo A. M., Y. Y. Shprits, N. Ganushkina, A. Drozdov, N. Aseev, D. Wang, S. Dubyagin, (2019), Simulations of the inner magnetospheric energetic electrons using the IMPTAM-VERB coupled model, Journal Of Atmospheric And Solar-terrestrial Physics, 191, 105050, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2019.05.014
- Chen L., J. Sun, Q. Lu, X. Wang, X. Gao, D. Wang, S. Wang, (2018), Two-Dimensional Particle-in-Cell Simulation of Magnetosonic Wave Excitation in a Dipole Magnetic Field, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 8712-8720, doi:10.1029/2018GL079067
- Yu X., Z. Yuan, S. Huang, F. Yao, D. Wang, H. O. Funsten, J. R. Wygant, (2018), Excitation of O+ Band EMIC Waves Through H+ Ring Velocity Distributions: Van Allen Probe Observations, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 1271-1276, doi:10.1002/2018GL077109
- Yu X., Z. Yuan, H. Li, S. Huang, D. Wang, F. Yao, H. O. Funsten, J. R. Wygant, (2018), Response of Banded Whistler Mode Waves to the Enhancement of Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure in the Inner Earth’s Magnetosphere, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 8755-8763, doi:10.1029/2018GL078849
- Yuan Z., K. Liu, X. Yu, F. Yao, S. Huang, D. Wang, Z. Ouyang, (2018), Precipitation of Radiation Belt Electrons by EMIC Waves With Conjugated Observations of NOAA and Van Allen Satellites, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 12,694-12,702, doi:10.1029/2018GL080481
- Huang S. Y., F. Sahraoui, Z. G. Yuan, O. Le Contel, H. Breuillard, J. S. He, J. S. Zhao, H. S. Fu, M. Zhou, X. H. Deng, X. Y. Wang, J. W. Du, X. D. Yu, D. D. Wang, C. J. Pollock, R. B. Torbert, J. L. Burch, (2018), Observations of Whistler Waves Correlated with Electron-scale Coherent Structures in the Magnetosheath Turbulent Plasma, The Astrophysical Journal, 861, 29, doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aac831
- Aseev N. A., Y. Y. Shprits, A. Y. Drozdov, A. C. Kellerman, M. E. Usanova, D. Wang, I. S. Zhelavskaya, (2017), Signatures of Ultrarelativistic Electron Loss in the Heart of the Outer Radiation Belt Measured by Van Allen Probes, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 122, 10,102-10,111, doi:10.1002/2017JA024485
Conference presentations
- WANG D., Y. SHPRITS, A. DROZDOV, (2021), Simulations of the Relativistic Radiation Belt Electrons Using the Three-dimensional Versatile Electron Radiation Belt Code, (invited), AOGS 2021
- Drozdov A. Y., H. J. Allison, Y. Y. Shprits, M. E. Usanova, D. Wang, Q. Shiller, A. Saikin, A. Jaynes, D. Kondrashov, (2023), Loss and Acceleration of multi-MeV Electrons and Their Corresponding Dynamic of Phase Space Density Profiles, (invited), Isradynamics 2023, Dead Sea, Israel
- Shprits Y., H. Allison, A. Drozdov, D. Wang, N. Aseev, M. Usanova, (2022), A new population of energetic particles discovered by the REPT instrument on board the Van Allen Probes satellites, 44rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 16 July – 24 July, 2022, Athens, Greece
- ALLISON H., Y. SHPRITS, D. WANG, M. WUTZIG, R. HORNE, S. GLAUERT, A. DROZDOV, (2022), Passing the Alfven Layer by Means of Chorus Acceleration, (invited), AOGS 2022
- DROZDOV A., M. USANOVA, M. HUDSON, H. ALLISON, Y. SHPRITS, D. WANG, (2022), The Role of Hiss, Chorus and EMIC Waves in the Modeling of the Dynamics of the Multi-MeV Radiation Belt Electrons, AOGS 2022
- 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, GEM Summer Workshop 2022, June 19-26, 2022
- Shprits Y., D. Wang, D. Kondrashov, L. Rastaetter, Y. Zheng, (2022), Versatile Electron Radiation Belt (VERB) code at CCMC, 2022 CCMC Workshop, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland on June 6 – June 10, 2022.
- Drozdov A., P. Kollmann, D. Wang, Y. Hao, (2022), Modeling of Saturn’s radiation environment using the VERB code, AGU 2022 Fall Meeting
- Smirnov A., Y. Shprits, H. Allison, N. Aseev, A. Drozdov, P. Kollmann, D. Wang, A. Saikin, (2022), Equatorial electron pitch angle distributions in Earth’s outer radiation belt: Storm-time evolution and empirical modeling, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu22-7732
- Shprits Y., H. Allison, A. Drozdov, D. Wang, N. Aseev, I. Zhelavskaya, M. Usanova, (2021), Controlling Effect of the Cold Plasma Density on Acceleration and Loss of Electrons at Ultra-Relativistic Energies, AGU 2021 Fall Meeting, SM12A-02
- Wang D., Y. Shprits, A. Drozdov, I. Zhelavskaya, F. Effenberger, A. M. Castillo Tibocha, (2021), Simulations of the Relativistic Radiation Belt Electrons Using the VERB-3D Code, 3rd ISEE Symposium, ISEE, Nagoya University, Japan, March 8-12, 2021
- WANG D., Y. SHPRITS, A. DROZDOV, (2021), Simulations of the Relativistic Radiation Belt Electrons Using the Three-dimensional Versatile Electron Radiation Belt Code, (invited), AOGS 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, (invited), AOGS 2021
- Wang D., Y. Shprits, A. Drozdov, N. Aseev, A. Castillo, (2021), VERB Simulations in Response to the COSPAR ISWAT Challenge, 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
- 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
- Kollmann P., F. Allegini, R. C. Allen, N. Andre, A. R. Azari, F. Bagenal, C. B. Beddingfield, D. Brain, P. Brandt, X. Cao, X. Cao, R. J. Cartwright, G. Clark, I. Cohen, J. F. Cooper, F. Crary, E. J. Leonard, C. Paty, I. de Pater, R. T. Desai, G. A. DiBraccio, W. Dietrich, C. Dong, R. W. Ebert, M. Felici, R. J. Filwett, G. Fischer, D. J. Gershman, M. Gkioulidou, T. K. Greathouse, L. Griton, M. Gritsevich, K. Hibbitts, G. Hospodarsky, V. Hue, G. Hunt, H. L. Huybrighs, M. Imai, C. M. Jackman, J. M. Jasinski, X. Jia, I. Jun, A. Kotova, W. S. Kurth, L. Lamy, J. Lazio, S. Lejosne, C. Louis, A. Masters, B. Mauk, H. Madanian, K. E. Mandt, J. R. McNutt, H. Melin, S. Miller, L. Moore, Q. Nenon, F. M. Neubauer, T. Nordheim, B. Palmaerts, C. Paranicas, P. Phipps, L. Regoli, K. Retherford, L. Roth, E. Roussos, K. D. Runyon, A. Rymer, J. Saur, D. Santos-Costa, Y. Y. Shprits, L. J. Spilker, T. Stallard, A. G. Smirnov, K. Soderlund, S. Stanley, A. H. Sulaiman, J. R. Szalay, D. L. Turner, S. Vines, L. Wang, B. Weiss, J. Wicht, R. J. Wilson, E. Woodfield, (2021), Magnetospheric Studies: A requirement for addressing interdisciplinary mysteries in the Ice Giant systems, Bulletin Of The American Astronomical Society, 073, doi:10.3847/25c2cfeb.d955f654
- 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
- Wang D., Y. Shprits, A. Drozdov, (2021), Three-dimensional Versatile Electron Radiation Belt Code (VERB-3D) Simulations for the Van Allen Probe Era, AGU 2021 Fall Meeting, SM25A-06
- Allison H., Y. Shprits, M. Wutzig, D. Wang, A. Drozdov, (2021), Passing the Alfven Layer by Means of Chorus Acceleration, AGU 2021 Fall Meeting, SM23B-01
- Wang D., Y. Shprits, I. Zhelavskaya, A. Drozdov, N. Aseev, F. Effenberger, A. Castillo, S. Cervantes Villa, (2020), Controlling Effect of Wave Models and Plasma Boundaries on the Dynamic Evolution of Relativistic Radiation Belt Electrons, EGU General Assembly 2020, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 17946
- Wang D., Y. Shprits, I. Zhelavskaya, F. Effenberger, A. Drozdov, A. M. Castillo Tibocha, N. Aseev, J. S. Cervantes Villa, (2020), Controlling Effect of Wave Models and Plasma Boundaries on the Dynamic Evolution of Relativistic Radiation Belt Electrons, AGU 2020 Fall Meeting
- Shprits Y., H. Allison, A. Drozdov, D. Wang, N. Aseev, I. Zhelavskaya, M. Usanova, (2020), Acceleration and Loss of Ultra-relativistic Electrons in the Earth Van Allen Radiation Belts, AGU 2020 Fall Meeting
- Effenberger F., Y. Shprits, N. Aseev, A. Drozdov, D. Wang, J. S. Cervantes Villa, A. M. Castillo Tibocha, (2019), Earth’s relativistic electron radiation belt response to CME- and CIR-driven geomagnetic storms, EGU General Assembly 2019, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 13769
- Castillo A. M., Y. Shprits, F. Effenberger, D. Wang, I. Zhelavskaya, N. Aseev, A. Drozdov, J. S. Cervantes Villa, R. Vasile, I. Michaelis, (2019), Modeling electron dynamics in the inner magnetosphere, EGU General Assembly 2019, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 12405
- Aseev N., Y. Shprits, D. Wang, J. Wygant, A. Drozdov, A. Kellerman, G. Reeves, (2019), Modeling transport and loss of ring current electrons during 17 March 2013 storm using the VERB-4D code, EGU General Assembly 2019, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 9577
- Wang D., Y. Shprits, I. Zhelavskaya, O. Agapitov, A. Drozdov, N. Aseev, S. Cervantes Villa, A. Castillo, F. Yao, (2019), Controlling Effect of Wave Models and Plasmapause Position on the Dynamic Evolution of Radiation Belt Electrons, EGU General Assembly 2019, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 9362
- Aseev N., Y. Shprits, D. Wang, A. Kellerman, A. Drozdov, (2018), Modeling MLT-dependent wave-particle interactions with the VERB-4D code, EGU General Assembly 2018, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 16602
- Aseev N., F. Effenberger, Y. Shprits, D. Wang, A. Kellerman, A. Drozdov, (2018), Modeling of the Earth’s radiation belts: Response to CME- and CIR-driven geomagnetic storms, EGU General Assembly 2018, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 17038
- Drozdov A., Y. Shprits, N. Aseev, D. Wang, (2018), Modeling of a non-storm dropout event, GEM Summer Workshop 2018
- Aseev N., Y. Shprits, A. Kellerman, A. Drozdov, M. Usanova, D. Wang, I. Zhelavskaya, (2018), Observational evidence of ultra-relativistic electron scattering from the earth’s radiation belts, 42nd Cospar Scientific Assembly
- Effenberger F., Y. Shprits, N. Aseev, A. Drozdov, D. Wang, A. Kellerman, J. Cervantes Villa, (2018), Earth’s relativistic electron radiation belt response to CME- and CIR driven geomagnetic storms, (poster), AGU 2018 Fall Meeting, SM43D-3587
- Drozdov A., Y. Shprits, M. Usanova, A. Kellerman, N. Aseev, D. Wang, H. Zhu, (2018), The effects due to the emic waves in the verb code modeling, GEM Summer Workshop 2018
- Aseev N., Y. Shprits, D. Wang, A. Drozdov, G. D. Reeves, (2018), Modeling the dynamics of ring current electrons inside GEO: comparison with Van Allen Probe observations and sensitivity to boundary conditions, AGU 2018 Fall Meeting, SM43E-3627
- Shprits Y., D. Wang, M. Spasojevic, I. Zhelavskaya, A. Drozdov, N. Aseev, (2018), A New Analytical Chorus Wave Model Derived from Van Allen Probe Observations, AGU 2018 Fall Meeting, SM43D-3604
- Effenberger F., Y. Shprits, A. Kellerman, A. Drozdov, N. Aseev, D. Wang, (2018), Modeling of the Earth’s radiation belts: Response to CME- and CIR-driven geomagnetic storms, 42nd Cospar Scientific Assembly, PRBEM.1-3-18
- Aseev N., F. Effenberger, Y. Shprits, A. Kellerman, A. Drozdov, D. Wang, (2018), Using the VERB-4D code as a nowcasting tool for modeling electron ring current and radiation belt dynamics, 42nd Cospar Scientific Assembly, PRBEM.1-8-18
- Aseev N., Y. Shprits, A. Kellerman, A. Drozdov, D. Wang, I. Zhelavskaya, (2018), New signatures of EMIC wave-driven loss of ultrarelativistic electrons in the heart of the outer radiation belt, EGU General Assembly 2018, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 1360
- Aseev N., Y. Shprits, A. Drozdov, A. C. Kellerman, D. Wang, (2017), Combined convective and diffusive modeling of the ring current and radiation belt electron dynamics using the VERB-4D code, AGU 2017 Fall Meeting
- Wang D., Y. Shprits, Z. Yuan, X. Yu, S. Huang, (2017), Conjugate Observations of EMIC Waves and Precipitation of Relativistic Electrons, EGU General Assembly 2017, EGU2017, proceedings from the conference held 23-28 April, 2017 in Vienna, Austria., p.2320
- Subbotin D., Y. Y. Shprits, M. Gkioulidou, V. Merkin, F. Toffoletto, R. Thorne, C. Wang, L. Lyons, (2010), RCM-VERB Coupled Simulations of the Dynamics of the Radiation Belts During Storms, EGU General Assembly 2010, Vienna, Austria, 2010
- Subbotin D., Y. Y. Shprits, M. Gkioulidou, S. Merkin, F. Toffoletto, R. Thorne, C. Wang, L. Lyons, (2008), RCM-VERB coupled simulations of the dynamics of the radiation belts during storms, AGU Fall Meeting 2008, AUG, 15-19 December.