Proton flux anisotropy in low earth orbit

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1975-1980

  Ginet, Gregory P ^a   Dichter, Bronislaw K ^a,b   Brautigam, Donald H ^a   Madden, Dan ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Assurance Technology Corporation   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiation belts; Radiation effects; South atlantic anomaly

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; EARTH (PLANET); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATION BELTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SATELLITES;

COMPACT ENVIRONMENT ANOMALY SENSOR (CEASE); PROTON FLUX ANISOTROPY; SOUTH ATLANTIC ANOMALY;

ORBITS;

EID: 37249001881     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.910041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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