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Review on modelling of the radiation belts

dc.contributor.authorHeynderickx, D.
dc.date2002
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:11:07Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:11:07Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/5201
dc.descriptionThe Earth's trapped radiation belts were discovered at the beginning of the space age and were immediately recognized as a considerable hazard to space missions. Consequently, considerable effort was invested in building models of the trapped proton and electron populations, culminating in the NASA AP-8 and AE-8 models which have been the de facto standards since the seventies. The CRRES mission has demonstrated that the trapped radiation environment is much more complex than the static environment described by the old models. Spatial and especially temporal variations were shown to be much more important than previously thought, and to require more complex models than those in use at that time. Such models are now becoming available, but they are limited in spatial or temporal coverage, and no global, dynamic, trapped radiation belt model is forthcoming. It is therefore vital to co-ordinate future modelling efforts in order to develop new standard models.
dc.languageeng
dc.titleReview on modelling of the radiation belts
dc.typeArticle
dc.subject.frascatiPhysical sciences
dc.audienceScientific
dc.subject.freeastronomy
dc.subject.freeconference paper
dc.subject.freecosmos
dc.subject.freeelectron transport
dc.subject.freeglobal change
dc.subject.freemolecular model
dc.subject.freeproton transport
dc.subject.freeradiation belt
dc.subject.freeradiation physics
dc.subject.freespace
dc.subject.freespace flight
dc.subject.freestandard
dc.source.titleInternational Journal of Modern Physics A
dc.source.volume17
dc.source.issue12-13
dc.source.page1675-1684
Orfeo.peerreviewedYes
dc.identifier.doi10.1142/S0217751X02011175
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-0037141474


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