GEM: Simulating Three Dimensional Radiation Belt Dynamics

该项目将研究超低频波在高能辐射带粒子的能化和扩散中的作用。它将把以前存在的地球辐射带高能粒子的二维模型扩展到三维，这将允许该模型包括高能粒子向高层大气损失等影响。它将把该模型与更真实的磁场和电场模型相结合，该模型是通过对全球磁层进行磁流体动力学建模而产生的。

The project will investigate the role of ULF waves in the energization and diffusion of highly energetic radiation belt particles. It will extend a previously existing two-dimensional model of energetic particles in the Earth's radiation belts to three dimensions, which will allow the model to include effects such as losses of energetic particles to the upper atmosphere. It will couple the model to a more realistic model of the magnetic field and electric field produced by Magnetohydrodynamic modeling of the global magnetosphere.