Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
Title:
Gaps in the Earth's Radiation Belts
Instrument:
SAMPEX/PET
Description:
The gap has become larger as the inner belt shrinks.
Abstract:
The Earth's radiation belts (violet & white) change considerably due to a number of influences, ranging from a changing solar wind to the lightning on the Earth. Here we see a range of variation in the electron flux in early December 2003. White indicates higher electron flux than violet. The gray curves represent the lines of the Earth's magnetic field. These radiation belts are constructed on a per-orbit basis with data from SAMPEX.
Completed:
2005-02-28
Credit:
*Please give credit for this visualization to*
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
Studio:
SVS
Animator:
Tom Bridgman (Lead)
Scientist:
James Green (NASA/GSFC)
Series:
Lightning and the Safe Zone
Data Collected:
2003-12-01T00:00 - 2003-12-10T23:59
Keywords:
DLESE
Keywords:
SVS
Keywords:
Space science
Keywords:
Magnetic Fields
Keywords:
Energetic Particles
Keywords:
Orbit
Keywords:
Radiation Belts
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
December 2003
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
SAMPEX
facet_when_year:
2003
Animation Number:
3115
UID:
SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a003100/a0031 15/rBeltOrbitHR_Obli quex.0710-IMAGE
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Gaps in the Earth's Radiation Belts