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Lauren W. Blum
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
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Radiation‐Belt Dropouts: Relationship With Geomagnetic Storms and MeV Precipitation
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
21 february 2025
Domenique Freund, Lauren W. Blum, Jinbei Huang, Se...
To better understand rapid radiation belt losses, this statistical study examines dropouts, defined as a phase‐space density (PSD) decrease b...
Radiation Belt Losses: The Long‐Standing Debate Part II
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
05 february 2025
Lauren W. Blum, Frances A. Staples, Alexander Droz...
On 21 June 2022, during the annual Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) workshop, a panel discussion titled “Radiation Belt Loss: The LongR...
Variable Shapes Observed in Electron Bouncing Microburst Packets
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
30 january 2025
Max Feinland, Lauren W. Blum
Characterizing relativistic electron precipitation remains an important endeavor in the space sciences, as competing sources of transport, accelera...
Evidence for Two Stage Refilling in the Plasmasphere by the Van Allen Probes
RING CURRENT PARTICLE SOURCES, LOSSES, AND ITS COUPLING WITH OTHER REGIONS II POSTER
spa-magnetospheric physics | 13 december 2024
Tyler Bishop, Lauren W. Blum
The physical mechanisms governing the refilling of the plasmasphere are still not fully understood, with many models predicting a two stage refilling ...
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Revisiting the underlying processes that determine plasmaspheric refilling
RING CURRENT PARTICLE SOURCES, LOSSES, AND ITS COUPLING WITH OTHER REGIONS I ORAL
spa-magnetospheric physics | 12 december 2024
Naomi Maruyama, Kausik Chatterjee, Xiangning Chu, ...
Following plasmaspheric erosion, cold and dense plasma in the ionosphere starts to fill the empty flux-tubes in the closed magnetic field line region....
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Recurring Long-duration Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves During a Period of Low Geomagnetic Activity
DAYSIDE MAGNETOSPHERE INTERACTIONS III POSTER
spa-magnetospheric physics | 11 december 2024
Maeve Rodgers, Lauren W. Blum, Maria Usanova
Electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves are plasma waves occurring primarily between four and ten L-shell. Generally, EMIC waves will persist for a...
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Connecting radiation belt electron dynamics to atmospheric chemistry and ozone
SUN-EARTH COUPLING VIA ENERGETIC PARTICLE PRECIPITATION (EPP) POSTER
spa-magnetospheric physics | 10 december 2024
Lauren W. Blum, Michael Denton, Rigel Kivi, Keri N...
Precipitation into the atmosphere has been shown to be an important loss process for energetic particles, but when, where, and how much this contribut...
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Developing HERT: Refining Data Processing Techniques Using Support Vector Machines and the Generalized Least Squares Method
SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES III POSTER
spa-magnetospheric physics | 10 december 2024
Will Teague, Hong Zhao, Xinlin Li, Lauren W. Blum,...
Electron acceleration mechanisms in the radiation belts are greatly entangled, leaving dominant processes a topic of significant debate. The miniaturi...
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