University of Alberta
The project is entitled 'Can EMIC waves solve the mystery of extremely fast ultra-relativistic electron loss in the outer Van Allen radiation belt?'. The Van Allen radiation belts are regions of radiation surrounding the Earth that are dangerous to both humans and technology. The project team will use magnetic and electric field data from Canada's ePOP satellite and Europe's Swarm satellites to investigate the role that ultra low frequency waves (known as EMIC waves) play in draining dangerous electrons from the radiation belts.