“…Field‐aligned electrons have been observed in the equatorial regions of the magnetosphere by a range of satellites (ATS‐6 [ Parks et al , 1977; Lin et al , 1979; Moore and Arnoldy , 1982], GEOS‐1 [ Borg et al , 1978] GEOS‐2 [ Kremser et al , 1988], SCATHA (P78‐2) [ Richardson et al , 1981; Arnoldy , 1986], and AMPTE/CCE [ Klumpar et al , 1988; Klumpar , 1993]. However, the observations of field‐aligned electron events (FAEs) made with the CRRES spacecraft [ Johnstone et al , 1994; Abel et al , 2002] are superior in terms of both angular and energy resolution and coverage.…”