Table 2.
The energy flux and average energy of the precipitating electrons observed by SSJ4 instrument onboard the DMSP satellites under different conditions.
| Typical regions | Time intervals | Duration [s] | ΣJE [eV/(cm2 sr)] | EnFavg [eV/(cm2 s sr)] | PΣJE | Eavg [eV] | Emax [eV] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Space hurricane | 16:16:58–16:18:48 | 110 | 2.48 × 1014 | 2.25 × 1012 | 91.49% | 2.27 × 103 | 9.56 × 103 |
| Auroral oval |
Duskside: 16:14:52–16:16:49 Dawnside: 16:20:23–16:21:57 |
211 | 1.64 × 1013 | 7.81 × 1010 | 6.08% | 248 | 1.35 × 103 |
| Diffuse aurora | 16:21:57–16:23:16 | 79 | 2.51 × 1012 | 3.14 × 1010 | 0.93% | 616 | 2.64 × 103 |
| Whole North polar pass for extremely quiet time with space hurricane | 16:12:30–16:23:30 | 660 | 2.71 × 1014 | 4.10 × 1011 | 100% | 709 | 9.56 × 103 |
| Whole North polar pass for typical Quiet time without space hurricane |
08:54:22–09:11:24 21 June 2010 |
1022 | 2.79 × 1013 | 2.72 × 1010 | 100% | 847 | 1.58 × 104 |
| Whole North polar pass for Typical southward IMF case for non-storm time without space hurricane |
16:26:00–16:46:00 08 October 2014 |
1200 | 5.92 × 1013 | 4.93 × 1010 | 100% | 924 | 1.78 × 104 |
| Whole North polar pass for super storm time without space hurricane |
23:14:00–23:44:00 17 March 2015 |
1800 | 1.25 × 1015 | 6.97 × 1011 | 100% | 988 | 9.17 × 103 |
Column 1 is the typical regions, Column 2 is the time intervals for the typical regions during the DMSP crossings, Column 3 is the duration in seconds of the time intervals shown in Column 2, Column 4 is the time integrated total electron energy flux (ΣJE), Column 5 is the average electron energy flux (EnFavg), Column 6 is the percentage of ΣJE (PΣJE), Column 7 is the electron average energy (Eavg), Column 8 is the maximum electron energy (Emax).