The Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science (EMFISIS) on RBSP

By Craig Kletzing, W. Kurth, Mario H. Acuña, R. Macdowall, R. Torbert, T. Averkamp, D. Bodet, S. Bounds, M. Chutter, J. Connerney and 23 more. 2013

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The Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument and Integrated Science (EMFISIS) investigation on the NASA Radiation Belt Storm Probes (now named the Van Allen Probes) mission provides key wave and very low frequency magnetic field measurements to understand radiation belt acceleration, loss, and transport. The key science objectives and the contribution that EMFISIS makes to providing measurements as well as theory and modeling are described. The key components of the instruments suite, both electronics and sensors, including key functional parameters, calibration, and performance, demonstrate that EMFISIS provides the needed measurements for the science of the RBSP mission. The EMFISIS operational modes and data products, along with online availability and data tools provide the radiation belt science community with one the most complete sets of data ever collected.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics

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• Event‐specific chorus wave and electron seed population models in DREAM3D using the Van Allen Probes (2014, methodology): “In situ observations of the chorus wave amplitude during the event are provided by the Van Allen Probes EMFISIS (Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science) instrument [Kletzing et al., 2013] (shown in Figure 2d).”
• Radiation belt electron acceleration by chorus waves during the 17 March 2013 storm (2014, methodology): “The Waveform Receiver (WFR) on the EMFISIS Waves instrument measures wave power spectral density from 10Hz up to 12 kHz [Kletzing et al., 2013], which is well suited to measure whistler-mode chorus waves.”
• Particle Dynamics in the Earth's Radiation Belts: Review of Current Research and Open Questions (2020, methodology): “…(Kurth et al., 2015), from the spacecraft potential (Thaller et al., 2015), and from hiss waves (Hartley, Kletzing, De Pascuale et al., 2018) taken from measurements made with the EMFISIS instrument (Kletzing et al., 2013) and the EFW instrument (Wygant et al., 2013) on board the Van Allen Probes.”
• Science Goals and Overview of the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) Energetic Particle, Composition, and Thermal Plasma (ECT) Suite on NASA’s Van Allen Probes Mission (2013, methodology): “Higher quality magnetic field data (EMFISIS level 2) subsequently flows into the SDC when they become available.”
• Energetic electron precipitation associated with pulsating aurora: EISCAT and Van Allen Probe observations (2015, background): “Figure 6 shows a combined plot of the frequency spectrum from Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science (EMFISIS) [Kletzing et al., 2013] and the electron energy spectrum from Energetic Particle, Composition, and Thermal Plasma (ECT)/Helium, Oxygen, Proton, and Electron…”