Computes the radiation dose rate. The
data items available for this data provider depend on the shielding
thicknesses in use. For each thickness, there will be data items
for Model, Electron dose, Electron-Bremsstrahlung dose, Proton
dose, and Combined dose. Valid for vehicles whose central body is
earth.
Name |
Dimension |
Type |
Description |
Time |
DateFormat |
Real Number |
Time. |
Model (82.500 Mils) |
Unitless |
Text |
The model used to compute the dose rate for the
shielding thickness indicated. |
Electron dose rate (82.500
Mils) |
RadDoseRate |
Real Number or Text |
The dose rate due to electrons for the shielding
thickness indicated, at the given time. Valid when using NASA or
CRRES models. |
Electron-Bremsstrahlung
dose rate (82.500 Mils) |
RadDoseRate |
Real Number or Text |
The dose rate due to Bremsstrahlung electrons for
the shielding thickness indicated, at the given time. Valid when
using NASA or CRRES models. |
Proton dose rate (82.500
Mils) |
RadDoseRate |
Real Number or Text |
The dose rate due to protons for the shielding
thickness indicated, at the given time. Valid when using NASA or
CRRES models. |
Combined dose rate (82.500
Mils) |
RadDoseRate |
Real Number or Text |
The total dose rate from all constituents for the
shielding thickness indicated, at the given time. |
Model (232.500 Mils) |
Unitless |
Text |
The model used to compute the dose rate for the
shielding thickness indicated. |
Electron dose rate (232.500
Mils) |
RadDoseRate |
Real Number or Text |
The dose rate due to electrons for the shielding
thickness indicated, at the given time. Valid when using NASA or
CRRES models. |
Electron-Bremsstrahlung
dose rate (232.500 Mils) |
RadDoseRate |
Real Number or Text |
The dose rate due to Bremsstrahlung electrons for
the shielding thickness indicated, at the given time. Valid when
using NASA or CRRES models. |
Proton dose rate (232.500
Mils) |
RadDoseRate |
Real Number or Text |
The dose rate due to protons for the shielding
thickness indicated, at the given time. Valid when using NASA or
CRRES models. |
Combined dose rate (232.500
Mils) |
RadDoseRate |
Real Number or Text |
The total dose rate from all constituents for the
shielding thickness indicated, at the given time. |
Model (457.500 Mils) |
Unitless |
Text |
The model used to compute the dose rate for the
shielding thickness indicated. |
Electron dose rate (457.500
Mils) |
RadDoseRate |
Real Number or Text |
The dose rate due to electrons for the shielding
thickness indicated, at the given time. Valid when using NASA or
CRRES models. |
Electron-Bremsstrahlung
dose rate (457.500 Mils) |
RadDoseRate |
Real Number or Text |
The dose rate due to Bremsstrahlung electrons for
the shielding thickness indicated, at the given time. Valid when
using NASA or CRRES models. |
Proton dose rate (457.500
Mils) |
RadDoseRate |
Real Number or Text |
The dose rate due to protons for the shielding
thickness indicated, at the given time. Valid when using NASA or
CRRES models. |
Combined dose rate (457.500
Mils) |
RadDoseRate |
Real Number or Text |
The total dose rate from all constituents for the
shielding thickness indicated, at the given time. |
Mag field
intensity |
MagneticFieldUnit |
Real Number |
The magnitude of the magnetic field at the
vehicle's location. |
Dipole
L-shell parameter |
Unitless |
Real Number |
The L value for the field line passing through the
vehicle's location computed using the dipole approximation to the
magnetic field. For a dipole field line, the L value corresponds to
the distance, measured in earth mean radii, at the point on the
field line at the magnetic equator. (For a dipole field, this point
is also the furthest extent of the field line from the earth.) |
McIlwain L-shell parameter |
Unitless |
Real Number or Text |
A measure that indicates a particle's drift shell
in the magnetic field at the vehicle's location, as defined by Carl
McIlwain (J. Geophys. Res. 1961). The value is computed as a
function of several magnetic invariants along a field line and thus
its computation requires field line tracing. It is not strictly a
constant over the entire field line. In cases where the field line
is close to the dipole field line (i.e., the field line traced
using only the dipole component of the magnetic field model), the
value will be close to the dipole L-shell parameter. |
McIlwain Abs(L-shell)
parameter |
Unitless |
Real Number or Text |
The absolute value of the McIlwain L-shell
parameter |
B/Beq |
Unitless |
Real Number or Text |
The ratio of the magnetic intensity at the
vehicle's location to the minimum magnetic intensity along the
field line through the vehicle's location. |
Beq |
MagneticFieldUnit |
Real Number or Text |
The minimum magnetic intensity along the field line
through the vehicle's location. The minimum value occurs at the
magnetic equator, at the furthest extent of the field line from the
earth. |
Lat |
LatitudeUnit |
Real Number |
The detic latitude (i.e., angle between the detic
subpoint's surface normal vector and the XY plane.) |
Lon |
LongitudeUnit |
Real Number |
The detic longitude (i.e., angle from the X-axis
locating the projection of the detic subpoint's surface normal
vector onto the XY plane.) Longitude increases in the direction
found using the right-hand rule about the Z-axis. |
Alt |
DistanceUnit |
Real Number |
The altitude value (i.e., magnitude of the relative
position vector between the object and its detic subpoint). |
15 day Avg Ap |
Unitless |
Real Number |
The average of the daily Ap value, over the
previous 15 days. The Ap value is set according to the settings on
the SEET radiation panel. When using a flux file to set Ap, the 15
day average is computed for each day and then the table of values
is interpolated to determine the value at the given time. |