Investigation of Particle Trajectories in the Near-Earth Night-Side Magnetosphere Using Riometers

Injections of electrons into the inner magnetosphere play an important role in radiation belt and ring current dynamics. Injections have historically been studied primarily by data from particle detectors on satellites, causing gaps in our knowledge because these events are spatially large and highly structured and satellites provide only point measurements. It has been shown that injections can be identified in ground-based riometer data, making the large number of existing riometers (particularly in Canada) a valuable resource. It is likely that riometers will be an important compliment to satellites in further studies of injections. My thesis research was motivated by this possibility. The goal of this project is to demonstrate that multi-point riometer observations can be used to infer the energy of injected electron populations.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MSc)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physics & Astronomy

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Science

Year dc:date.issued

2021

Author dc:creator

• Roy, Elizabeth A.

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Spanswick, Emma
• Donovan, Eric

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Brown, Jo-Anne
• Weiser, Michael
• Cully, Christopher

Statement dc:rights

• University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39351

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ucalgary.scholaris.ca:1880/114048