• DocumentCode
    777549
  • Title

    The Space Radiation Environment

  • Author

    Vette, James I.

  • Author_Institution
    Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1965
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    17
  • Abstract
    The particle space radiation environment is reviewed and some of the latest models for the various phenomena are presented. The properties of the solar wind and interplanetary magnetic fields based on recent satellite measurements are given and solar proton events are discussed. The magnetospheric cavity and the character of the boundary between it and the solar wind based on Imp 1 results are shown. Flux maps and energy spectra for the inner and outer radiation zones are given and examples of temporal variations are shown.
  • Keywords
    Belts; Earth; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic flux; Magnetosphere; Plasma measurements; Probes; Protons; Satellites; Sun;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1965.4323896
  • Filename
    4323896