Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling

Tu, Weichao; Li, Wen; Albert, J. M.; Morley, S. K.

doi:10.1029/2018JA026414

Title: Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling

Journal Article · Fri Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA026414· OSTI ID:1544736

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West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)
Boston Univ., MA (United States)
Air Force Research Lab. (AFRL), Kirtland, NM (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Abstract The “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” focus group was in place at Geospace Environment Modeling from 2014 to 2018. The overarching goals of this focus group were to bring together the current state‐of‐the‐art models for the acceleration, transport, and loss processes in Earth's radiation belts; develop event‐specific and global inputs of wave, plasma, and magnetic field to drive these models; and combine all these components to achieve a quantitative assessment of radiation belt modeling by validating against contemporary radiation belt measurements. This article briefly reviews the current understanding of radiation belt dynamics and related modeling efforts, summarizes the activities and accomplishments of the focus group, and discusses future directions.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), NASA; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

OSTI ID:: 1544736

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1497219

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-19-21523

Journal Information:: Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics, Vol. 124, Issue 2; ISSN 2169-9380

Publisher:: American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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