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Space Radiation and Plasma Effects on Satellites and Aviation: Quantities and Metrics for Tracking Performance of Space Weather Environment ModelsThe Community Coordinated Modeling Center has been leading communitywide space science and space weather model validation projects for many years. These efforts have been broadened and extended via the newly launched International Forum for Space Weather Modeling Capabilities Assessment (https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/assessment/). Its objective is to track space weather models' progress and performance over time, a capability that is critically needed in space weather operations and different user communities in general. The Space Radiation and Plasma Effects Working Team of the afore mentioned International Forum works on one of the many focused evaluation topics and deals with five different subtopics (https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/assessment/topics/radiationall.php) and varieties of particle populations: Surface Charging from tens of eV to 50keV electrons and internal charging due to energetic electrons from hundreds keV to several MeVs. Single event effects from solar energetic particles and galactic cosmic rays (several MeV to TeV), total dose due to accumulation of doses from electrons (>100 keV) and protons (>1 MeV) in a broad energy range, and radiation effects from solar energetic particles and galactic cosmic rays at aviation altitudes. A unique aspect of the Space Radiation and Plasma Effects focus area is that it bridges the space environments, engineering, and user communities. The intent of the paper is to provide an overview of the current status and to suggest a guide for how to best validate space environment models for operational/engineering use, which includes selection of essential space environment and effect quantities and appropriate metrics.



Document ID
20190034185
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
doi:10.1029/2018SW002042
Authors
Zheng, Yihua (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Ganushkina, Natalia Yu (Finnish Meteorological Institute Helsinki, Finland)
Jiggens, Pier (European Space Research and Technology Centre Noordwijk, Netherlands)
Jun, Insoo (Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology (CalTech) Pasadena, CA, United States)
Meier, Matthias (Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. Cologne, Germany)
Minow, Joseph I. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
O'Brien, T. Paul (Aerospace Corp. Chantilly, VA, United States)
Pitchford, Dave (SES Astra S.A. Luxembourg, France)
Shprits, Yuri (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Potsdam, Germany)
Tobiska, W. Kent (Space Environment Technologies Pacific Palisades, CA, United States)
Xapsos, Michael A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Guild, Timothy B. (Aerospace Corp. Chantilly, VA, United States)
Mazur, Joseph E. (Aerospace Corp. Chantilly, VA, United States)
Kuznetsova, Maria M. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
December 30, 2019
Publication Date
July 29, 2019
Publication Information
Publication: Space Weather
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
Volume: 17
Issue: 10
ISSN: 1539-4956
e-ISSN: 1542-7390
Subject Category
Space Sciences (General)
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN76523
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: 2019-674-382230
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Use by or on behalf of the US Gov. Permitted.

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