An Empirical Model of Energetic Solar Proton Fluxes with Applications to Earth Orbiting Spacecraft

摘要

An empirical model for energetic solar proton fluxes is presented. With this model, the effects of such protons on geocentric space missions, to be flown during the next solar active period (1966-1983) and with orbits involving partial magnetospheric shielding, may be estimated.nA synoptic background review is given, followed by a detailed dis¬cussion of thf model's analytic development. Also given are comments on the model's use, errors, uncertainties, and limitations, including sample calculations which demonstrate the application of specific or general project missions.