American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Scope
Increasing concerns over trapped radiation effects on microelectronics, coupled with the availability of
new data, long-term changes in the Earth?s magnetic field, and variations in the trapped radiation fluxes,
have generated the need for better, more comprehensive tools for modeling the Earth?s trapped radiation
environment and its effects on space systems. The objectives of this guide are to describe the current
status of those efforts and to review methods for attacking the issues associated with modeling the
trapped radiation environment in a systematic, practical fashion. The ultimate goal will be to point the way
to increasingly better methods of testing, designing, and flying reliable spacecraft systems in the Earth?s
radiation environment.