KNOWN FOR ITS HIGHLY ENERGETIC TRAPPED PARTICLES DRIFTING AROUND THE EARTH RADIATION BELTS POSE AN APPARENT THREAT TO THE ORBITING SATELLITES AS WELL AS THE ASTRONAUTS DURING THEIR EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY (EVA). IN 2012 NASA LAUNCHED VAN ALLEN PROBES WITH ITS PRIMARY OBJECTIVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON POPULATIONS RESPOND TO THE VARIABLE ENERGY INPUT FROM THE SUN. AT THE HEART OF THIS EFFORT LIES THE QUEST TO UNDERSTAND THE FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS (ACCELERATION LOSS AND TRANSPORT PROCESSES) THAT SHAPE RADIATION BELT ELECTRON DYNAMICS. OUR PROPOSED WORK SUPPORTS NASA VAN ALLEN PROBES MISSION BY OFFERING A CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF THE PLASMAPAUSE-ENERGETIC ELECTRON FLUX ENHANCEMENT RELATIONSHIP THAT WILL PROVIDE A FRESH LOOK INTO THE UNDERLYING ACCELERATION AND LOSS MECHANISMS. PRIOR TO THE LAUNCH OF VAN ALLEN PROBES THE DYNAMICS OF RELATIVISTIC ELECTRONS HAS BEEN THE FOCUS OF MANY RELEVANT RESEARCH AND IS STUDIED EXTENSIVELY THANKS TO THE LONG TERM>2MEV DATA FROM SPACECRAFT LIKE GOES AND SAMPEX. PREVIOUS STUDIES REVEALED THE REMARKABLE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE INITIAL ENHANCEMENT OF RELATIVISTIC ELECTRONS AND THE INNERMOST PLASMAPAUSE LOCATIONS: THE DEEPEST PENETRATION OF RELATIVISTIC ELECTRONS CONSISTENTLY HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF THE INNERMOST PLASMAPAUSE. LIKE RADIATION BELT POPULATIONS PLASMASPHERE -A DENSE COLD (~1EV) PLASMA REGION THAT CO-ROTATES WITH THE EARTH- ALSO EXHIBITS DYNAMIC RESPONSES TO CHANGES IN MAGNETOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT; IT SHRINKS DURING GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVE PERIODS AND QUICKLY EXPANDS OUTWARD AFTER THE ACTIVE PERIODS. STUDIES HAVE SUGGESTED THE CRITICAL ROLE OF PLASMAPAUSE IN AFFECTING THE PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION THE FORMATION AND PROPAGATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND IN TURN INFLUENCING THE RADIATION BELT ELECTRON DYNAMICS. RECENTLY STUDIES HAVE ALSO DOCUMENTED THE OCCURRENCE OF LOCALIZED ACCELERATION OF ENERGETIC ELECTRONS TO>MEV ELECTRONS; THIS INDICATES THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF LOWER-ENERGY ELECTRONS IN SHAPING THE BEHAVIOR OF HIGHER-ENERGY ELECTRONS. WITH NOW MUCH IMPROVED AND ABUNDANT KEV-TO-MEV FLUX DATA FROM VAN ALLEN PROBES THE DYNAMICS OF THE KEV ELECTRONS CAN BE STUDIED THOROUGHLY. THEREFORE WE PROPOSE TO EXAMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE INNERMOST PLASMAPAUSE LOCATIONS AND THE INITIAL ENHANCEMENT OF RADIATION BELTS ELECTRONS FROM KEV TO MEV. THE KEY OBJECTIVES OF THE PROPOSED WORK ARE TO: 1) ENHANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE MINIMUM PLASMAPAUSE-ENERGETIC ELECTRON FLUX ENHANCEMENT RELATIONSHIP 2) STUDY THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF TWO MAJOR ACCELERATION MECHANISMS (LOCAL ACCELERATION AND INWARD RADIAL TRANSPORT) AND THAT FOR VARIOUS WAVE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS DURING INITIAL FLUX ENHANCEMENT EVENTS 3) IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO DETERMINE FLUX DYNAMICS USING THE WELL-ESTABLISHED PLASMAPAUSE MODEL. TO ACHIEVE THESE OBJECTIVES WE WILL CONDUCT A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR THE PLASMAPAUSE-ENERGETIC ELECTRON FLUX ENHANCEMENT CORRELATION THAT INCLUDES AN ANALYSIS OF ELECTRON PHASE SPACE DENSITY PROFILES DURING THE INITIAL ENHANCEMENT EVENTS AND AN ELECTRON FLUX EMPIRICAL MODEL USING PLASMAPAUSE LOCATION AS THE INPUT. THROUGH A DEEPENED UNDERSTANDING OF THE MECHANISM BEHIND THE FLUX ENHANCEMENTS IT WILL THUS OFFER INSIGHTS INTO THE PHYSICAL PROCESSES RESPONSIBLE FOR RADIATION BELT ELECTRON DYNAMICS RESONATING WITH NASA INTERESTS.