REM measurements aboard MIR during 1995.
Measurements of the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) made with the Radiation Environment Monitor (REM) aboard Mir from November 1994 to February 1996 are presented. During this period an increase of the SAA radiation by approximately 25% is observed, which coincides with a lowering of the radio solar flux. Radio solar flux is one of the parameters controlling the earth's atmospheric distribution and with it the absorption of inner radiation belt protons forming the SAA. Due to the altitude gradient of the atmospheric density, the proton fluxes in the SAA are anisotropic (loss cone, east-west effect). The measured distribution can be accounted for by basic models.
Buhler
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Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland.
Desorgher
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Zehnder
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Daly
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Adams
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D016880:Anisotropy; D001267:Atlantic Ocean; D001272:Atmosphere; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009686:Nuclear Physics; D011522:Protons; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012621:Seasons; D019445:Solar Activity; D013020:South America; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation*
D011522:Protons