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

Ringuette R., A. K. Antunes, J. T. Niehof, C. Bard, B. J. Thompson, B. A. Thomas, E. Grimes, L. Rastaetter, Y. Zheng, S. Polson, N. A. Murphy, A. Drozdov, (2023), The Magnetopause Open Validation Experiment, (poster), AGU 2023 Fall Meeting, SH33E-3096

Zheng Y., D. Wang, A. Drozdov, M. H. Fok, L. Rastaetter, (2023), Challenges in Understanding Radiation Belt Dynamics: Insights from Two Storm Periods, (poster), AGU 2023 Fall Meeting, SM13B-2568

Shprits Y., D. Wang, D. Kondrashov, L. Rastaetter, Y. Zheng, (2022), Versatile Electron Radiation Belt (VERB) code at CCMC, 2022 CCMC Workshop, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland on June 6 – June 10, 2022.

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

Su Z., Z. Gao, H. Zhu, W. Li, H. Zheng, Y. Wang, S. Wang, H. E. Spence, G. D. Reeves, D. N. Baker, J. B. Blake, H. O. Funsten, J. R. Wygant, (2016), Nonstorm time dropout of radiation belt electron fluxes on 24 September 2013, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 121, 6400-6416, doi:10.1002/2016JA022546

Su Z., H. Zhu, F. Xiao, H. Zheng, Y. Wang, C. Shen, M. Zhang, S. Wang, C. A. Kletzing, W. S. Kurth, G. B. Hospodarsky, H. E. Spence, G. D. Reeves, H. O. Funsten, J. B. Blake, D. N. Baker, J. R. Wygant, (2015), Disappearance of plasmaspheric hiss following interplanetary shock, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 3129-3140, doi:10.1002/2015GL063906

Su Z., H. Zhu, F. Xiao, Q. -. Zong, X. -. Zhou, H. Zheng, Y. Wang, S. Wang, Y. -. Hao, Z. Gao, Z. He, D. N. Baker, H. E. Spence, G. D. Reeves, J. B. Blake, J. R. Wygant, (2015), Ultra-low-frequency wave-driven diffusion of radiation belt relativistic electrons, Nature Communications, 6, 10096, doi:10.1038/ncomms10096

Zhu H., Z. Su, F. Xiao, H. Zheng, Y. Wang, C. Shen, T. Xian, S. Wang, C. A. Kletzing, W. S. Kurth, G. B. Hospodarsky, H. E. Spence, G. D. Reeves, H. O. Funsten, J. B. Blake, D. N. Baker, (2015), Plasmatrough exohiss waves observed by Van Allen Probes: Evidence for leakage from plasmasphere and resonant scattering of radiation belt electrons, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 1012-1019, doi:10.1002/2014GL062964

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

Su Z., H. Zhu, F. Xiao, H. Zheng, Y. Wang, Z. He, C. Shen, C. Shen, C. B. Wang, R. Liu, M. Zhang, S. Wang, C. A. Kletzing, W. S. Kurth, G. B. Hospodarsky, H. E. Spence, G. D. Reeves, H. O. Funsten, J. B. Blake, D. N. Baker, J. R. Wygant, (2014), Intense duskside lower band chorus waves observed by Van Allen Probes: Generation and potential acceleration effect on radiation belt electrons, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 119, 4266-4273, doi:10.1002/2014JA019919

Su Z., H. Zhu, F. Xiao, H. Zheng, Y. Wang, Q. -. Zong, Z. He, C. Shen, M. Zhang, S. Wang, C. A. Kletzing, W. S. Kurth, G. B. Hospodarsky, H. E. Spence, G. D. Reeves, H. O. Funsten, J. B. Blake, D. N. Baker, (2014), Quantifying the relative contributions of substorm injections and chorus waves to the rapid outward extension of electron radiation belt, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 119, 10,023-10,040, doi:10.1002/2014JA020709

Su Z., H. Zhu, F. Xiao, H. Zheng, C. Shen, Y. Wang, S. Wang, (2013), Latitudinal dependence of nonlinear interaction between electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave and radiation belt relativistic electrons, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 118, 3188-3202, doi:10.1002/jgra.50289

Su Z., H. Zhu, F. Xiao, H. Zheng, C. Shen, Y. Wang, S. Wang, (2012), Bounce-averaged advection and diffusion coefficients for monochromatic electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave: Comparison between test-particle and quasi-linear models, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 117, doi:10.1029/2012JA017917

Zhu H., Z. Su, F. Xiao, H. Zheng, C. Shen, Y. Wang, S. Wang, (2012), Nonlinear interaction between ring current protons and electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves, J. Geophys. Res. [Space Physics], 117, doi:10.1029/2012JA018088