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Pitch-angle resolved electron flux measurements in the Earth's radiation belt

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Mar 30, 2023 version files 303.53 MB

Abstract

These data are electron flux measurements in the Earth's radiation belt obtained with the MagEIS instrument on the NASA Van Allen Probe B satellite. They are an extension of a previously published data set (https://doi.org/10.5068/D1RQ2W). In the original dataset, the fluxes were averaged between 80 and 100 degrees local pitch angle (i.e., equatorial pitch angles between ~70 and 110 degrees) and used to study electron decay time scales or "lifetimes" (see https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086053 and https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086056). In this new data set, the data are obtained and processed in the same way, but here multiple equatorial pitch angle bins are provided. The contents of the data files are described in greater detail in a "readme" file.