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Slide 1
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The Global Positioning System as a Space Weather Monitor
S.K. Morley1, J.P. Sullivan1, M.G. Henderson1, J.B. Blake2, D.N. Baker3
1- Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2- Aerospace Corporation3- LASP, U. Colorado
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Slide 2
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CXD: 19 on orbit, 6 orbital planes
From Tuszewski et al., 2004.
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Slide 3
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Energetic Particle Sensors on CXD
Photo: LA-UR-09-07377, Friedel & Cayton, ESWW6, 2009.
HXP
LEP
LEP: Low Energy Particle subsystem has 5 electron channels
HXP: High-energy X-ray and Particle subsystem has 7 electron channels
Eleven electron channels on 19 block IIR and IIF satellites
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Slide 4
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CXD counts show SI drive dropouts
From
Mor
ley
et a
l., 2
010
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Slide 5
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CXD: 118 satellite-years of data!
CXD-equipped
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Slide 6
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Previous work used up to 7 CXDs
CXD-equipped
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Slide 7
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Where are Van Allen Probes and CXD?
MLT - L MLat - L
ns65
RBSP-A
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Slide 8
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Conjunction: RBSP & GPS within 1000km
140 conjunctions
All at L~4, equatorial
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Slide 9
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Comparing counts with counts• For each CXD channel, i
– Van Allen Probes energy spectrum used to estimate “expected counts”, C, by folding with CXD response functions, Gi
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Slide 10
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CXD counts vs “expected” counts
Confirms that instrument responses are well-modelled
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Slide 11
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CXD counts are as “expected”3x (dark)
2x (light)
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Slide 12
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Flux: Forward modelling• Constrained fit using:
– 3 Maxwell-Juttner distributions, in E– 1 Gaussian distribution in log(p)
• Multi-parameter fits performed using TMinuit in CERN’s ROOT package– Minimizer is variant of Davidon-Fletcher-Powell method– Minimizes MSE of counts from estimated flux spectrum
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Sample Flux ComparisonsEnergy spectra can be far from Maxwellian in the heart of the radiation belt
Data points – RBSP• Red: MagEIS• Black: REPT
Curves – CXD fitted spectra• Black: Total• Red/Magenta/Green: M-J• Blue: Gaussian
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Slide 14
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CXD fluxes close to “gold standard”
0.35 MeV 0.73 MeV
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Slide 15
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CXD fluxes close to “gold standard”
1.00 MeV 1.55 MeV
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Slide 16
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CXD fluxes close to “gold standard”
2.60 MeV 3.40 MeV
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Typically within factor of 23x (dark)
2x (light)
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Slide 18
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RBSP: March 17th storm @ 1MeV
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Slide 19
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CXD: March 17th storm @ 1MeV
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Slide 20
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GPS is a unique Space Weather capability
• 19 CXD on orbit, more coming…• More than 118 satellite-years of
CXD data since 2001• Current data density allows new
discovery• CXD validated against Van Allen
Probes• CXD fluxes typically within factor of
2 of Van Allen Probes at conjunction