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. 2014 Oct 6;119(10):8073–8086. doi: 10.1002/2014JA020238

Table 1.

Wave Parameters Used for the Diffusion Coefficients Computation

Type of Wave BW (pT) λmax Density Model Percent MLT Wave Spectral Properties Distribution in Wave Normal
Chorus day 100.75 + 0.04λ(2 × 100.73 + 0.91Kp)0.5/ 35 Sheeley et al. [2001] 25% ωm/Ωe = 0.2, θm = 0°, δθ = 30°,
57.6 for Kp≤ 2+; δω/Ωe = 0.1, θuc = 45°, θlc = 0°.
100.75 + 0.04λ(2 × 102.5 + 0.18Kp)0.5/ ωuc/Ωe = 0.3,
57.6 for 2 + <Kp≤ 6; ωlc/Ωe = 0.1,
Chorus night 50(2 × 100.73 + 0.91Kp)0.5/ 15 Sheeley et al. [2001] 25% ωm/Ωe = 0.35, θm = 0°, δθ = 30°,
57.6 for Kp≤ 2+; θuc = 45°, θlc = 0°.
50(2 × 102.5 + 0.18Kp)0.5/ ωuc/Ωe = 0.65,
57.6 for 2+ <Kp≤ 6; ωlc/Ωe = 0.05, δω/Ωe = 0.15,
Plasmaspheric hiss [Orlova et al., 2014] Denton et al. [2004,2006] 45 62.5% fm = 550 Hz, δf = 300 Hz, Thorne et al. [2013b]
flc=100 Hz, fuc = 2000 Hz
fuc= 2000 Hz, flc = 100 Hz,