%AAnderson, B. [Department of Physics and Astronomy Dartmouth College Hanover New Hampshire USA]%AAnderson, B. [Department of Physics and Astronomy; Dartmouth College; Hanover New Hampshire USA]%AShekhar, S. [Department of Physics and Astronomy Dartmouth College Hanover New Hampshire USA]%AShekhar, S. [Department of Physics and Astronomy; Dartmouth College; Hanover New Hampshire USA]%AMillan, R. [Department of Physics and Astronomy Dartmouth College Hanover New Hampshire USA]%AMillan, R. [Department of Physics and Astronomy; Dartmouth College; Hanover New Hampshire USA]%ACrew, A. [Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Stanford University Stanford California USA]%ACrew, A. [Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Stanford University; Stanford California USA]%ASpence, H. [Space Science Center University of New Hampshire Durham New Hampshire USA]%ASpence, H. [Space Science Center; University of New Hampshire; Durham New Hampshire USA]%AKlumpar, D. [Department of Physics; Montana State University; Bozeman Montana USA]%AKlumpar, D. [Department of Physics Montana State University Bozeman Montana USA]%ABlake, J. [Aerospace Corporation; El Segundo California USA]%ABlake, J. [Aerospace Corporation El Segundo California USA]%AO'Brien, T. [Aerospace Corporation El Segundo California USA]%AO'Brien, T. [Aerospace Corporation; El Segundo California USA]%ATurner, D. [Aerospace Corporation El Segundo California USA]%ATurner, D. [Aerospace Corporation; El Segundo California USA]%BJournal Name: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics; Journal Volume: 122; Journal Issue: 6; Related Information: CHORUS Timestamp: 2023-09-05 07:12:22 %D2017%IDOI PREFIX: 10.1029 %JJournal Name: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics; Journal Volume: 122; Journal Issue: 6; Related Information: CHORUS Timestamp: 2023-09-05 07:12:22 %K %MOSTI ID: 10027880 %PMedium: X %TSpatial scale and duration of one microburst region on 13 August 2015 %XAbstract

Prior studies of microburst precipitation have largely relied on estimates of the spatial scale and temporal duration of the microburst region in order to determine the radiation belt loss rate of relativistic electrons. These estimates have often relied on the statistical distribution of microburst events. However, few studies have directly observed the spatial and temporal evolution of a single microburst event. In this study, we combine Balloon Array for Radiation belt Relativistic Electron Losses balloon‐borne X‐ray measurements with Focused Investigations of Relativistic Electron Burst: Intensity, Range, and Dynamics II and AeroCube‐6 CubeSat electron measurements to determine the spatial and temporal evolution of a microburst region in the morning MLT sector on 13 August 2015. The microburst region is found to extend across at least 4 h in local time in the morning sector, from 09:00 to 13:00 MLT, and fromLof 5 out to 10. The microburst event lasts for nearly 9 h. Smaller scale structure is investigated using the dual AeroCube‐6 CubeSats, and is found to be consistent with the spatial size of whistler mode chorus wave observations near the equatorial plane.

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