"Dynamics of the Earth's Radiation Belts and Inner Magnetosphere" by Danny Summers, I. R. Mann, D. N. Baker, M. G. Schulz

This book draws together current knowledge of the radiation belts prior to the launch of Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RPSP) and other imminent space missions, making this volume timely and unique. The volume will serve as a useful benchmark at this exciting and pivotal period in radiation belt research in advance of the new discoveries that the RPSP mission will surely bring.

This book will be a useful reference work for the specialist researcher, the student, and the general reader, the volume could be used as a supplementary text in any graduate-level course in space physics in which radiation belt physics is featured.

Highlights include the following:
• a review of the current state of the art of radiation belt science;
• a complete and up-to-date account of the wave-particle interactions that control the dynamical acceleration and loss processes of particles in the Earth's radiation belts and inner magnetosphere;
• a discussion emphasizing the importance of the cross-energy coupling of the particle populations of the radiation belts, ring current, and plasmasphere in controlling the dynamics of the inner magnetosphere;
• an outline of the design and operation of future satellite missions whose objectives are to discover the dominant physical processes that control the dynamics of the Earth's radiation belts and to advance our level of understanding of radiation belt dynamics ideally to the point of predictability; and
• an examination of the current state of knowledge of Earth's radiation belts from past and current spacecraft missions to the inner magnetosphere.

Contents
Preface
Introduction
Section I: Historical Perspective
Space Weather: Affecting Technologies on Earth and in Space
Section II: Current State of Knowledge of Radiation Belts
SAMPEX: A Long-Serving Radiation Belt Sentinel
Large-Amplitude Whistler Waves and Electron Acceleration in the Earth'sRadiation Belts: A Review of STEREO and Wind Observations
Classification of Pcl-2 Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves at Geosynchronous Orbit
The Role of Ultralow Frequency Waves in Radiation Belt Dynamics
Section III: Space Missions
NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission: From Concept to Reality
The Energization and Radiation in Geospace (ERG) Project
RESONANCE Project for Studies of Wave-Particle Interactionsin the Inner Magnetosphere
Section IV: Modeling and Simulations
Global Structure of ULF Waves During the 24-26 September 1998 Geomagnetic Storm
ULF Wave-Driven Radial Diffusion Simulations of the Outer Radiation Belt
Nonlinear Radial Transport in the Earth's Radiation Belts
Section V: Radiation Belt Injections, Dropouts, and Magnetospheric Variability
Time Scales for Localized Radiation Belt Injections to Become a Thin Shell
Rebuilding Process of the Outer Electron Radiation Belt:The Spacecraft Akebono Observations
The Shock Injection of 24 March 1991: Another Look
Outer Radiation Belt Flux Dropouts: Current Understandingand Unresolved Questions
Rapid Radiation Belt Losses Occurring During High-Speed Solar Wind Stream-Driven Storms: Importance of Energetic Electron Precipitation
Background Magnetospheric Variability as InferredFrom Long Time Series of GOES Data
Section VI: Wave-Particle Interactions
Generation Processes of Whistler Mode Chorus Emissions:Current Status of Nonlinear Wave Growth Theory
Aspects of Nonlinear Wave-Particle Interactions
Linear and Nonlinear Growth of Magnetospheric Whistler Mode Waves
High-Energy Electron Diffusion by Resonant InteractionsWith Whistler Mode Hiss
Recent Advances in Understanding the Diffuse Auroral Precipitation:The Role of Resonant Wave-Particle Interactions
Section VII: Energy Coupling in the Inner Magnetosphere
The Role of the Earth's Ring Current in Radiation Belt Dynamics
Ring Current Asymmetry and the Love-Gannon Relation
The Importance of the Plasmasphere Boundary Layerfor Understanding Inner Magnetosphere Dynamics
The Role of Quiet Time Ionospheric Plasmain the Storm Time Inner Magnetosphere
Cold Ion Outflow as a Source of Plasma for the Magnetosphere
What Happens When the Geomagnetic Field Reverses?
Section VIII: Radiation Belts and Space Weather
What the Satellite Design Community NeedsFrom the Radiation Belt Science Community
Storm Responses of Radiation Belts During Solar Cycle 23: HEO Satellite Observations
Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment: Differential Flux Measurements of Energetic Particles in a Highly Inclined Low Earth Orbit
Section IX: Radiation Belts Beyond Earth
Radiation Belts of the Solar System and Universe
Plasma Wave Observations at Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn
AGU Category Index