Speaker
Dr
Daniel Heynderickx
(DH Consultancy BVBA)
Description
New ESA Projects of Radiation Belt Modelling
D. Heynderickx, DH Consultancy, Leuven, Belgium
F. Lei, RadMod Research, Camberley, UK
I. Sandberg, IASA & SPARC, Athens, Greece
I. Daglis, IASA, Athens, Greece
M. Cyamukungu, CSR/UCL, Belgium
E. de Donder, BIRA-IASB, Belgium
P. Truscott, Kallisto Consultancy, Farnborough, UK
H. Evans, P. Jiggens, D. Rodgers, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Two contracts on radiation belt modelling have been initiated by ESA recently:
VALIRENE is a two year project (ESA Contract No 4000117974/16/NL/LF) to:
1) perform a detailed evaluation of the IRENE models against in situ datasets and other radiation environment models (including ECSS);
2) consolidate and (cross-) calibrate in situ datasets;
3) perform a detailed evaluation and comparison of the UNILIB and IRBEM libraries;
4) develop a toolkit to facilitate model validation activities.
European space industry will be briefed and consulted throughout the activity.
RENELLA - Radiation Environment at Extremely Low Latitude and Altitude (ESA Contract No 4000118058/16/NL/LF/hh):
1) XIPE environment specification validation;
2) dataset selection, acquisition and cross calibration;
3) development of algorithms of flux spectra propagation to lower altitudes;
4) development of a Low Altitude Radiation Belt (LARB) Model.
Both projects started very recently. As such, no results are available yet, and the current presentation aims at announcing the activity to the radiation belt community and to foster collaboration.
