Space Environment Modeling Group

Zheng Y., I. Jun, W. Tu, Y. Shprits, W. Kim, D. Matthiä, M. M. Meier, W. Kent Tobiska, Y. Miyoshi, V. K. Jordanova, N. Y. Ganushkina, V. Tenishev, T. P. O’Brien, A. Brunet, V. Maget, J. Guo, D. Wang, R. B. Horne, S. Glauert, B. Haas, A. Y. Drozdov, (2024), Overview, progress and next steps for our understanding of the near-earth space radiation and plasma environment: Science and applications, Advances In Space Research, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2024.05.017

Turner D. L., G. Clark, W. Li, S. Ukhorskiy, L. Blum, I. J. Cohen, P. Kollmann, B. Marshall, G. Berland, A. Y. Drozdov, W. Dunn, G. Hospodarsky, R. Kraft, X. Li, M. Looper, B. Mauk, Q. N{‘e}non, T. P. O’Brien, E. Roussos, H. T. Smith, K. Sorathia, P. Williams, X. Wu, O. Agapitov, J. Albert, H. Allison, D. Baker, J. B. Blake, J. Bortnik, A. Breneman, S. Bourdarie, S. Claudepierre, G. DiBraccio, S. Elkington, J. Fennell, M. Fok, D. Gershman, S. Glauert, J. Halekas, D. Hartley, R. Horne, M. Hudson, A. Kellerman, C. Kletzing, B. Kurth, L. Lanzerotti, Q. Ma, D. Malaspina, A. Masters, N. Meredith, Y. Miyoshi, Y. Omura, V. Pinto, G. Reeves, J. Ripoll, C. Rodger, T. Sarris, R. Selesnick, Y. Shprits, A. Sicard, H. Spence, W. Tu, M. Usanova, E. Woodfield, J. Wygant, H. Zhao, (2023), Cross-scale physics and the acceleration of particles in collisionless plasmas throughout the Heliosphere and beyond: III. Radiation belts, Bulletin Of The American Astronomical Society, 400, doi:10.3847/25c2cfeb.7637306e

Turner D., G. Clark, W. Li, L. Blum, P. Kollmann, A. Jaynes, R. Marshall, A. Ukhorskiy, G. Berland, I. Cohen, A. Drozdov, W. Dunn, G. Hospodarsky, R. Kraft, X. Li, M. Looper, B. Mauk, Q. Nenon, P. O’Brien, E. Roussos, H. T. Smith, K. Sorathia, P. Williams, X. Wu, (2022), Comprehensive Observations of Magnetospheric Particle Acceleration, Sources, and Sinks (COMPASS): A Dedicated Jovian Radiation Belt Mission to Unlock the Secrets of the Solar System’s Greatest Particle Accelerator, 44rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 16 July – 24 July, 2022, Athens, Greece

Shprits Y., P. O’Brien, Y. Zheng, (2021), Validation of the Radiation Belt Models, 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2403

Zheng Y., P. O’Brien, C. Mertens, Y. Shprits, A. Kellerman, M. Kuznetsova, X. Li, L. Rastaetter, M. Fok, (2021), Multi-Purpose Model Validation Efforts for Radiation Environment in the Near-Earth Region, 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2284

Zheng Y., N. Y. Ganushkina, P. Jiggens, I. Jun, M. Meier, J. I. Minow, T. P. O’Brien, D. Pitchford, Y. Shprits, W. K. Tobiska, M. A. Xapsos, T. B. Guild, J. E. Mazur, M. M. Kuznetsova, (2019), Space Radiation and Plasma Effects on Satellites and Aviation: Quantities and Metrics for Tracking Performance of Space Weather Environment Models, Space Weather, 17, 1384-1403, doi:10.1029/2018SW002042

Shprits Y. Y., I. S. Zhelavskaya, J. C. Green, A. A. Pulkkinen, R. B. Horne, D. Pitchford, T. P. O’Brien, A. Glover, (2018), Discussions on Stakeholder Requirements for Space Weather-Related Models, Space Weather, 16, 341-342, doi:10.1002/2018SW001864

Chan A. A., L. Zheng, T. P. O’Brien, S. R. Elkington, J. Albert, (2014), Effects of cyclotron-drift and bounce-drift cross diffusion on evolution of radiation belt phase-space densites, AGU Fall Meeting 2014, 14-18 December

O’Brien P., Y. Y. Shprits, R. Friedel, J. Fennell, J. Roeder, S. Claudepierre, (2012), Breaking all the invariants: pitch-angle scattering on split drift shells, Mysore India 2012., Mysore, India, 2012.

O’Brien T. P., Y. Y. Shprits, M. B. Moldwin, (2008), Eigenmode analysis of pitch-angle diffusion of energetic electrons in the outer zone, Journal Of Atmospheric And Solar-terrestrial Physics, 70, 1738 – 1744, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2008.05.011, Dynamic Variability of Earth’s Radiation Belts

O`Brien T., Y. Shprits, A. Subbotin, H. Friedel, (2008), Eigen mode analysis of energy and pitch-angle diffusion of energetic electrons in the outer zone: 0.1-5 MeV, AGU Fall Meeting 2008

O’Brien T. P., Y. Y. Shprits, (2007), Eigenmode Analysis of Pitch-Angle Diffusion of Energetic Electrons in the Outer Zone, AGU 2007 Fall Metting, Eos Trans, 88(23)

Bortnik J., R. M. Thorne, T. P. O’Brien, J. C. Green, R. J. Strangeway, Y. Y. Shprits, D. N. Baker, (2006), Observation of two distinct, rapid loss mechanisms during the 20 November 2003 radiation belt dropout event, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 111, doi:10.1029/2006JA011802

Thorne R. M., T. P. O’Brien, Y. Y. Shprits, D. Summers, R. B. Horne, (2005), Timescale for MeV electron microburst loss during geomagnetic storms, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 110, doi:10.1029/2004JA010882

Thorne R. M., T. P. O’Brien, D. Summers, Y. Y. Shprits, R. B. Horne, (2004), Influence of the thermal plasma distribution on relativistic electron loss during storm conditions, AGU 2004 Fall Meeting, Eos Trans, 85(47), San Francisco, Calif, 13-17 December