AUTHOR=Haas Bernhard , Shprits Yuri Y. , Allison Hayley J. , Wutzig Michael , Wang Dedong TITLE=Which Parameter Controls Ring Current Electron Dynamics JOURNAL=Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences VOLUME=9 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/astronomy-and-space-sciences/articles/10.3389/fspas.2022.911002 DOI=10.3389/fspas.2022.911002 ISSN=2296-987X ABSTRACT=
Predicting the electron population of Earth’s ring current during geomagnetic storms still remains a challenging task. In this work, we investigate the sensitivity of 10 keV ring current electrons to different driving processes, parameterised by the Kp index, during several moderate and intense storms. Results are validated against measurements from the Van Allen Probes satellites. Perturbing the Kp index allows us to identify the most dominant processes for moderate and intense storms respectively. We find that during moderate storms (Kp