Title :
Measurements of the radiation belts from Mir and STRV 1994-1997
Author :
Buehler, P. ; Zehnder, A. ; Desorgher, L. ; Hajdas, W. ; Daly, E. ; Adams, L.
Author_Institution :
Paul Scherrer Inst., Villigen, Switzerland
Abstract :
Simple environment monitors were launched in 1994; one was placed in geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) onboard STRV-1b while the second was installed externally on Mir in LEO. GTO covers the equatorial regime of the inner and outer radiation belts well. Mir encounters the belts near atmospheric cut-off. We summarize these observations. The outer (electron) belt has been subject to many injection events, including during January 1997. Mir data show the strong anisotropy in the low-altitude inner (proton) belt. Results are compared with models
Keywords :
radiation belts; Mir data; STRV-1b data; anisotropy; atmospheric cut-off; equatorial regime; injection events; inner radiation belt; low-altitude; outer radiation belt; proton belt; Belts; Electrons; Envelope detectors; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; Low earth orbit satellites; Pollution measurement; Protons; Silicon; Space vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
High Energy Radiation Background in Space, 1997 Conference on the
Conference_Location :
Snowmass, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4335-2
DOI :
10.1109/CHERBS.1997.660259
