Preliminary Global Radiation Belt Formation and Prediction Model; Memorandum rept

摘要

A computational model for the time-dependent dynamics of the electron and ion terrestrial radiation belts has been developed. The model solves the fundamental bounce-averaged electron and ion modified Boltzmann Fokker-Planck equations for energy, pitch angle, and L-shell. The code has been applied to broadband whistler turbulence and found to be consistent with empirical models of radiation belt dynamics.