First Multi-Decade Simulation of the Earth’s Radiation Belt

Radiation belts pose internal charging and total dose hazards to satellites. The climatological mean and extreme environments represent critical spacecraft design parameters. Glauert et al. [2018] present a long-term, multi-Solar cycle simulation of the radiation belts. Because satellite designers must generally account for risks associated with a credible worst case Solar cycle, this kind of long simulation represents a first attempt by the scientific community to use a physical simulation to address that risk. Many challenges remain, but the paper nonetheless marks an important milestone on the road from scientific capability to end user need.

Citation: Glauert, S. A., Horne, R. B., & Meredith, N. P. [2018]. A 30‐year simulation of the outer electron radiation belt. Space Weather, 16, 1498–1522. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018SW001981

—Paul O’Brien, Editor, Space Weather

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