Energetic Particle Data From the Global Positioning System Constellation
Abstract
Since 2000, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Combined X-ray and Dosimeter (CXD) and Burst Detector Dosimeter for Block II-R (BDD-IIR) instruments have been fielded on Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites. Today, 21 of the 31 operational GPS satellites are equipped with a CXD detector and a further 2 carry a BDD-IIR. Each of these instruments measures a wide range of energetic electrons and protons. These data have now been publicly released under the terms of the Executive Order for Coordinating Efforts to Prepare the Nation for Space Weather Events. The specific goal of releasing space weather data from the GPS satellites is to enable broad scientific community engagement in enhancing space weather model validation and improvements in space weather forecasting and situational awareness. The time period covered by this data release is approximately 16 years, which corresponds to more than 167 satellite years of data. As a result, the large number of GPS satellites, distributed over six orbital planes, will provide important context for ongoing and historical science missions, as well as enabling new types of research not previously possible.
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- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1343778
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1343779; OSTI ID: 1345950
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-17-20509
Journal ID: ISSN 1542-7390
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Space Weather (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Space Weather (Online) Journal Volume: 15 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1542-7390
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Heliospheric and Magnetospheric Physics
Citation Formats
Morley, S. K., Sullivan, J. P., Carver, M. R., Kippen, R. M., Friedel, R. H. W., Reeves, G. D., and Henderson, M. G. Energetic Particle Data From the Global Positioning System Constellation. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1002/2017SW001604.
Morley, S. K., Sullivan, J. P., Carver, M. R., Kippen, R. M., Friedel, R. H. W., Reeves, G. D., & Henderson, M. G. Energetic Particle Data From the Global Positioning System Constellation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017SW001604
Morley, S. K., Sullivan, J. P., Carver, M. R., Kippen, R. M., Friedel, R. H. W., Reeves, G. D., and Henderson, M. G. Wed .
"Energetic Particle Data From the Global Positioning System Constellation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017SW001604.
@article{osti_1343778,
title = {Energetic Particle Data From the Global Positioning System Constellation},
author = {Morley, S. K. and Sullivan, J. P. and Carver, M. R. and Kippen, R. M. and Friedel, R. H. W. and Reeves, G. D. and Henderson, M. G.},
abstractNote = {Since 2000, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Combined X-ray and Dosimeter (CXD) and Burst Detector Dosimeter for Block II-R (BDD-IIR) instruments have been fielded on Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites. Today, 21 of the 31 operational GPS satellites are equipped with a CXD detector and a further 2 carry a BDD-IIR. Each of these instruments measures a wide range of energetic electrons and protons. These data have now been publicly released under the terms of the Executive Order for Coordinating Efforts to Prepare the Nation for Space Weather Events. The specific goal of releasing space weather data from the GPS satellites is to enable broad scientific community engagement in enhancing space weather model validation and improvements in space weather forecasting and situational awareness. The time period covered by this data release is approximately 16 years, which corresponds to more than 167 satellite years of data. As a result, the large number of GPS satellites, distributed over six orbital planes, will provide important context for ongoing and historical science missions, as well as enabling new types of research not previously possible.},
doi = {10.1002/2017SW001604},
journal = {Space Weather (Online)},
number = 2,
volume = 15,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Wed Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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