Articles | Volume 38, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-137-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-137-2020
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29 Jan 2020
Regular paper |  | 29 Jan 2020

Earth's radiation belts' ions: patterns of the spatial-energy structure and its solar-cyclic variations

Alexander S. Kovtyukh

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Spatial-energy distributions of the stationary fluxes of protons, helium ions, and ions of the carbon–nitrogen–oxygen (CNO) group in the Earth's radiation belts (ERBs) are considered here using data from satellites from 1961 to 2017. It is found that the results of these measurements line up, with some regular patterns present. Solar-cyclic (11-year) variations in the distributions of protons, helium ions, and CNO group ion fluxes in the ERB are presented.