Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling
Abstract
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.
- Authors:
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[1];
[2];
[3];
[4]
- 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)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), NASA; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1544736
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1497219
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-19-21523
Journal ID: ISSN 2169-9380
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 124; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2169-9380
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Radiation Belt Modeling; Quantitative Assessment; Radiation Belt Dropout; Radiation Belt Enhancement
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Tu, Weichao, Li, Wen, Albert, J. M., and Morley, S. K. Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1029/2018JA026414.
Tu, Weichao, Li, Wen, Albert, J. M., & Morley, S. K. Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling. United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA026414
Tu, Weichao, Li, Wen, Albert, J. M., and Morley, S. K. Fri .
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@article{osti_1544736,
title = {Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling},
author = {Tu, Weichao and Li, Wen and Albert, J. M. and Morley, S. K.},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1029/2018JA026414},
journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics},
number = 2,
volume = 124,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Fri Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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