EGU23-16202, updated on 21 Apr 2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-16202
EGU General Assembly 2023
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Observation of VLF transmitter induced electron precipitation of up to 400keV

Coralie Neubüser1, Roberto Battiston2, Francesco Maria Follega2, William Jerome Burger1, Mirko Piersanti3, and Dario Recchiuti3
Coralie Neubüser et al.
  • 1TIFPA-INFN, Italy (coralie.neubueser@tifpa.infn.it)
  • 2University of Trento, Italy
  • 3University of l'Aquila, Italy

Ground-based very low frequency (VLF; 10-30kHz) transmitters have been found in previous studies to emit whistler waves that can re- sonate with high-energy particles (>100keV) in the radiation belt, causing energetic electron precipitation via pitch angle scattering. In the attempt to find a similar mechanism responsible for electron precipitation due to EM waves emitted during seismic events, we ha- ve analysed three years of data (2019-2021) from the China Seismo- Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES) and the NOAA POES satellites. We found enhanced electron fluxes due to the 19.8kHz waves of the NWC transmitter in Australia at L-shell values of about 1.5 and 1.8 at energies up to 400keV in the data of the CSES and NOAA POES-19 sa- tellite, respectively. The enhanced fluxes can be followed along the drift shells from Australia eastwards, and are observed to be lost in the the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) due to the interaction with the atmosphere. The high energy resolution of the HEPP-L detector on board CSES of 11keV from 0.1 to 3MeV allows a detailed study of the signal and we will present the expected energy-dispersed wisp struc- ture in L-shell. Finally, we will present our latest results on the identification of isolated electron bursts and the assignment to dif- ferent VLF transmitters, which includes the correlation of VLF wave measurements from ground and space-based instruments to determined on/off periods of the transmitters.

How to cite: Neubüser, C., Battiston, R., Follega, F. M., Burger, W. J., Piersanti, M., and Recchiuti, D.: Observation of VLF transmitter induced electron precipitation of up to 400keV, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-16202, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-16202, 2023.

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