Sarah Glauert, Author at British Antarctic Survey

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Sarah Glauert

Radiation Belt Modeller

B.Sc. Mathematics University of Bristol

D.Phil. Numerical Analysis University of Oxford

Joined BAS in 2000 with a background in mathematical modelling and computer simulations.
Wrote PADIE code (Glauert & Horne, 2005) to calculate the diffusion due to wave-particle interactions in a plasma of arbitrary density.
Developed the BAS Radiation Belt Model (Glauert et al., 2014)
Work package manager for the EU-FP7 projects SPACECAST and SPACESTORM
Developed a forecasting model for the radiation belts for ESA (SaRIF website)
Work package leader for the Rad-Sat project
Published the first long-term, 3-d simulation of the electron radiation belts (Glauert et al., 2018)

Research interests

Radiations belts, primarily at Earth but also at the outer planets.
The development of radiation belt models and their use in space weather forecasting.
The role of wave-particle interactions in the radiation belts; in particular their contribution to loss and acceleration of electrons.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2025

Desai, R.T. . Perrin, J. Meredith, N.P. . Glauert, S.A. . Ruparelia, S. Johnston, W.R. (2025) Multi‐MeV Electron Occurrence and Lifetimes in the Outer Radiation Belt and Slot Region During the Maximum of Solar Cycle 22.

Lozinski, Alexander R. . Kellerman, Adam C. . Bortnik, Jacob . Horne, Richard B. . Desai, Ravindra T. . Glauert, Sarah A. . (2025) Modeling the Internal Redistribution of Earth’s Proton Radiation Belt by Interplanetary Shocks.

Horne, R.B. . Lam, P.Y. Meredith, N.P. . Glauert, S.A. . Kirsch, P. . (2025) Satellite Internal Charging for a Reasonable Worst‐Case.

2024

Daggitt, T.A. . Horne, R.B. . Glauert, S.A. . Del Zanna, G. (2024) Reproducing Ultra-Relativistic Electron Acceleration Using a Coupled Density and Radiation Belt Model.

Horne, Richard . Daggitt, Thomas . Meredith, Nigel . Glauert, Sarah . Liu, Xu. Chen, Lunjin. (2024) Measuring Low Plasma Density in the Earth’s Equatorial Magnetosphere From Magnetosonic Waves.

Glauert, S.A. . Atkinson, J.W. Ross, J.P. . Horne, R.B. . (2024) A New Model of Electron Pitch Angle Distributions and Loss Timescales in the Earth’s Radiation Belts.

Zheng, Y. Jun, I. Tu, W. Shprits, Y. Kim, W. Matthiä, D. Meier, M.M. Tobiska, W.K. Miyoshi, Y. Jordanova, V.K. Ganushkina, N.Y. Tenishev, V. O'Brien, T.P. Brunet, A. Maget, V. Guo, J. Wang, D. Horne, R.B. . Glauert, S. . Haas, B. Drozdov, A.Y. (2024) Overview, Progress and Next Steps for Our Understanding of the Near-Earth Space Radiation and Plasma Environment: Science and Applications.

Lozinski, Alexander R. . Horne, Richard B. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Kellerman, Adam C. Bortnik, Jacob. Claudpierre, Seth G. Manweiler, Jerry W. Spence, Harlan E. (2024) Modeling Field Line Curvature Scattering Loss of 1–10 MeV Protons During Geomagnetic Storms.

Daggitt, T.A. . Horne, R.B. . Glauert, S.A. . Del Zanna, G. Albert, J.M. (2024) Chorus wave power at the strong diffusion limit overcomes electron losses due to strong diffusion.

Reidy, J.A. . Horne, R.B. . Glauert, S.A. . Clilverd, M.A. . Meredith, N.P. . Rodger, C.J. Ross, J.P. . Wong, J. . (2024) Characterizing Radiation‐Belt Energetic Electron Precipitation Spectra: A Comparison of Quasi‐Linear Diffusion Theory With In Situ Measurements.

2023

Wong, Jin‐Mann . Meredith, Nigel P. . Horne, Richard B. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Ross, Johnathan P.J. . (2023) New Chorus Diffusion Coefficients for Radiation Belt Modeling.

Murphy, Kyle R. Sandhu, Jasmine. Rae, I. Jonathan. Daggitt, Thomas . Glauert, Sarah . Horne, Richard B. . Watt, Clare E. J. Bentley, Sarah. Kellerman, Adam. Ozeke, Louis. Halford, Alexa J. Tian, Sheng. Breneman, Aaron. Olifer, Leonid. Mann, Ian R. Angelopoulos, Vassilis. Wygant, John. (2023) A New Four‐Component L*‐Dependent Model for Radial Diffusion Based on Solar Wind and Magnetospheric Drivers of ULF Waves.

2022

Longley, William J. Chan, Anthony A. Jaynes, Allison N. Elkington, Scot R. Pettit, Joshua M. Ross, Johnathan P. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Horne, Richard B. . (2022) Using MEPED observations to infer plasma density and chorus intensity in the radiation belts.

Watt, Clare E. Allison, Hayley J. Bentley, Sarah N. Thompson, Rhys L. Rae, I.J. Allanson, Oliver. Meredith, Nigel P. . Ross, Johnathan P. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Horne, Richard B. . Zhang, Shuai. Murphy, Kyle R. Rasinskaitė, Dovilė. Killey, Shannon. (2022) Temporal variability of quasilinear pitch-angle diffusion.

Ross, J.P.J. . Glauert, S.A. . Horne, R.B. . Meredith, N.P. . (2022) The importance of ion composition for radiation belt modeling.

Daggitt, Thomas A. . Horne, Richard B. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Del Zanna, Giulio. Freeman, Mervyn P. . (2022) Variations in Observations of Geosynchronous Magnetopause and Last Closed Drift Shell Crossings with Magnetic Local Time.

Wong, Jin‐Mann . Meredith, Nigel P. . Horne, Richard B. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Ross, Johnathan P.J. . (2022) Electron diffusion by magnetosonic waves in the Earth’s radiation belts.

Woodfield, E.E. . Glauert, S.A. . Menietti, J.D. Horne, R.B. . Kavanagh, A.J. . Shprits, Y.Y. (2022) Acceleration of electrons by whistler-mode hiss waves at Saturn.

2021

Glauert, S.A. . Horne, R.B. . Kirsch, P. . (2021) Evaluation of SaRIF high-energy electron reconstructions and forecasts.

Lozinski, Alexander R. . Horne, Richard B. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Del Zanna, Giulio. Claudepierre, Seth G. (2021) Modelling inner proton belt variability at energies 1 to 10MeV using BAS‐PRO.

Horne, Richard B. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Kirsch, Peter . Heynderickx, Daniel. Bingham, Suzy. Thorn, Peter. Curran, Barbara-Ann. Pitchford, David. Haggarty, Ewan. Wade, David. Keil, Ralf. (2021) The Satellite Risk Prediction and Radiation Forecast System (SaRIF).

Ross, J.P.J. . Glauert, S.A. . Horne, R.B. . Watt, C.E.J. Meredith, N.P. . (2021) On the variability of EMIC waves and the consequences for the relativistic electron radiation belt population.

Walton, S.D. Forsyth, C. Rae, I.J. Watt, C.E.J. Thompson, R.L. Horne, R.B. . Meredith, N.P. . Rodger, C.J. Walach, M.‐T. Clilverd, M.A. . Glauert, S.A. . (2021) Cross-L* coherence of the outer radiation belt during 2 storms and the role of the plasmapause.

Desai, R.T. Eastwood, J.P. Horne, R.B. . Allison, H.J. Allanson, O. Watt, C.E.J. Eggington, J.W.B. Glauert, S.A. . Meredith, N.P. . Archer, M.O. Staples, F.A. Mejnertsen, L. Tong, J.K. Chittenden, J.P. (2021) Drift orbit bifurcations and cross-field transport in the outer radiation belt: Global MHD and integrated test-particle simulations.

Reidy, J.A. . Horne, R.B. . Glauert, S.A. . Clilverd, M. . Meredith, N.P. . Woodfield, E. . Ross, J.P. . Allison, H.J. Rodger, C.J. (2021) Comparing electron precipitation fluxes calculated from pitch angle diffusion coefficients to LEO satellite observations.

Lozinski, Alexander R. . Horne, Richard B. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Del Zanna, Giulio. Albert, Jay M. (2021) Optimization of radial diffusion coefficients for the proton radiation belt during the CRRES era.

2020

Watt, C.E.J. Allison, H.J. Thompson, R.L. Bentley, S.N. Meredith, N.P. . Glauert, S.A. . Horne, R.B. . Rae, I.J. (2020) The implications of temporal variability in wave‐particle interactions in Earth’s Radiation Belts.

Ross, J.P.J. . Glauert, S.A. . Horne, R.B. . Watt, C.E. Meredith, N.P . Woodfield, E.E. . (2020) A new approach to constructing models of electron diffusion by EMIC waves in the radiation belts.

Allanson, O. Watt, C.E.J. Ratcliffe, H. Allison, H.J. Meredith, N.P. . Bentley, S.N. Ross, J.P.J. . Glauert, S.A. . (2020) Particle‐in‐cell experiments examine electron diffusion by whistler‐mode waves: 2. Quasi‐linear and nonlinear dynamics.

Poedts, Stefaan. Kochanov, Andrey. Lani, Andrea. Scolini, Camilla. Verbeke, Christine. Hosteaux, Skralan. Chané, Emmanuel. Deconinck, Herman. Mihalache, Nicolae. Diet, Fabian. Heynderickx, Daniel. De Keyser, Johan. De Donder, Erwin. Crosby, Norma B. Echim, Marius. Rodriguez, Luciano. Vansintjan, Robbe. Verstringe, Freek. Mampaey, Benjamin. Horne, Richard . Glauert, Sarah . Jiggens, Piers. Keil, Ralf. Glover, Alexi. Deprez, Grégoire. Luntama, Juha-Pekka. (2020) The Virtual Space Weather Modelling Centre.

2019

Allanson, O. Watt, C.E.J. Ratcliffe, H. Meredith, N.P. . Allison, H.J. . Bentley, S.N. Bloch, T. Glauert, S.A. . (2019) Particle‐in‐cell experiments examine electron diffusion by whistler‐mode waves: 1. Benchmarking with a cold plasma.

Watt, C.E.J. Allison, H.J. . Meredith, N.P. . Thompson, R.L. Bentley, S.N. Rae, I.J. Glauert, S.A. . Horne, R.B. . (2019) Variability of quasilinear diffusion coefficients for plasmaspheric hiss.

Ross, Johnathan P.J. . Meredith, Nigel P. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Horne, Richard B. . Clilverd, Mark A. . (2019) Effects of VLF transmitter waves on the inner belt and slot region.

Lozinski, Alexander R. . Horne, Richard B. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Del Zanna, Giulio. Heynderickx, Daniel. Evans, Hugh D.R. (2019) Solar Cell Degradation due to Proton Belt Enhancements During Electric Orbit Raising to GEO.

Woodfield, E.E. . Glauert, S.A. . Menietti, J.D. Averkamp, T.F. Horne, R.B. . Shprits, Y.Y. (2019) Rapid electron acceleration in low density regions of Saturn’s radiation belt by whistler mode chorus waves.

Allison, Hayley . Horne, Richard . Glauert, Sarah . Del Zanna, Guilio. (2019) On the importance of gradients in the low energy electron phase space density for relativistic electron acceleration.

Allison, Hayley J. . Horne, Richard B. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Del Zanna, Giulio. (2019) Determination of the equatorial electron differential flux from observations at low Earth orbit.

2018

Woodfield, EE . Horne, RB . Glauert, SA . Menietti, JD. Shprits, YY. Kurth, WS. (2018) Formation of electron radiation belts at Saturn by Z-mode wave acceleration.

Glauert, Sarah A. . Horne, Richard B. . Meredith, Nigel P. . (2018) A 30-year simulation of the outer electron radiation belt.

Horne, Richard B. . Phillips, Mark W. Glauert, Sarah A. . Meredith, Nigel P. . Hands, Alex D.P. Ryden, Keith A. Li, Wen. (2018) Realistic worst case for a severe space weather event driven by a fast solar wind stream.

Hands, Alex D.P. Ryden, Keith A. Meredith, Nigel P. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Horne, Richard B. . (2018) Radiation effects on satellites during extreme space weather events.

2017

Allison, Hayley J. . Horne, Richard B. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Del Zanna, Giulio. (2017) The magnetic local time distribution of energetic electrons in the radiation belt region.

2016

Horne, Richard B. . Meredith, Nigel P. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Kersten, Tobias . Editors: Balasis, Georgios. Daglis, Ioannis A. Mann, Ian R (2016) Wave driven diffusion in radiation belt dynamics.

Albert, Jay M. Starks, Michael J. Horne, Richard B. . Meredith, Nigel P. . Glauert, Sarah A. . (2016) Quasi-linear simulations of inner radiation belt electron pitch angle and energy distributions.

2014

Kersten, Tobias . Horne, Richard B. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Meredith, Nigel P. . Fraser, Brian J,. Grew, Russell S. (2014) Electron losses from the radiation belts caused by EMIC waves.

Glauert, Sarah A. . Horne, Richard B. . Meredith, Nigel P. . (2014) Simulating the Earth’s radiation belts: internal acceleration and continuous losses to the magnetopause.

Zheng, Liheng. Chan, Anthony A. Albert, Jay M. Elkington, Scot R. Koller, Josef. Horne, Richard B. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Meredith, Nigel P. . (2014) Three-dimensional stochastic modeling of radiation belts in adiabatic invariant coordinates.

Woodfield, E. E. . Horne, R. B. . Glauert, S. A. . Menietti, J. D. Shprits, Y. Y. (2014) The origin of Jupiter’s outer radiation belt.

Glauert, Sarah . Horne, Richard . Meredith, Nigel . (2014) Three dimensional electron radiation belt simulations using the BAS Radiation Belt Model with new diffusion models for chorus, plasmaspheric hiss and lightning-generated whistlers.

2013

Horne, Richard B. . Kersten, Tobias . Glauert, Sarah A. . Meredith, Nigel P. . Boscher, Daniel. Sicard-Piet, Angelica. Thorne, Richard M. Li, Wen. (2013) A new diffusion matrix for whistler mode chorus waves.

Woodfield, E.E. . Horne, R.B. . Glauert, S.A. . Menietti, J.D. Shprits, Y.Y. (2013) Electron acceleration at Jupiter: greater input from cyclotron-resonant interaction with whistler-mode chorus waves.

Horne, Richard B. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Meredith, Nigel P. . Koskinen, Hannu. Vainio, Rami. Afanasiev, Alexandr. Ganushkina, Natalia Y. Amariutei, Olga A. Boscher, Daniel. Sicard, Angelica. Maget, Vincent. Poedts, Stefaan. Jacobs, Carla. Sanahuja, Blai. Aran, Angels. Heynderickx, Daniel. Pitchford, David. (2013) Forecasting the Earth’s radiation belts and modelling solar energetic particle events: Recent results from SPACECAST.

Horne, R.B. . Glauert, S.A. . Meredith, N.P. . Boscher, D. Maget, V. Heynderickx, D. Pitchford, D. (2013) Space weather impacts on satellites and forecasting the Earth’s electron radiation belts with SPACECAST.

2012

Thorne, Richard M. Horne, Richard B. . Jordanova, Vania K. Bortnik, Jacob. Glauert, Sarah . Editors: Takahashi, K. Chi, P.J. Denton, R.E. Lysak, R.L (2012) Interaction of EMIC waves with thermal plasma and radiation belt particles.

Horne, R.B. . Glauert, S.A. . Thorne, R.M. (2012) Resonant diffusion of radiation belt electrons by whistler-mode chorus.

2011

Lam, Mai Mai . Horne, Richard B. . Meredith, Nigel P. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Moffat-Griffin, Tracy . Green, Janet C. (2011) Origin of energetic electron precipitation >30 keV into the atmosphere.

Horne, Richard B. . Thorne, Richard M. Glauert, Sarah A. . Menietti, J. Douglas. Shprits, Yuri Y. Gurnett, Donald A. (2011) Gyro-resonant electron acceleration at Jupiter.

2010

Horne, R.B. . Meredith, N.P. Glauert, S.A. . Varotsou, A. Boscher, D. Thorne, R.M. Shprits, Y.Y. Anderson, R.R. Editors: Tsurutani, B. McPherron, R. Gonzalez, W. Lu, G. Sobral, J.A.H. Gopalswarmy, N (2010) Mechanisms for the acceleration of radiation belt electrons.

Thorne, R.M. Horne, R.B. . Glauert, S.A. . Meredith, N.P. Shprits, Y.Y. Summers, D. Anderson, R.R. Editors: Burch, J.L. Schulz, M. Spence, H (2010) The influence of wave-particle interactions on relativistic electron dynamics during storms.

Lam, M. M. . Horne, R. B. . Meredith, N. P. . Glauert, S. A. . (2010) Radiation belt electron flux variability during three CIR-driven geomagnetic storms.

2009

Meredith, Nigel P. . Horne, Richard B. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Baker, Daniel N. Kanekal, Shrikanth G. Albert, Jay M. (2009) Relativistic electron loss timescales in the slot region.

Lam, M.M. . Horne, R.B. . Meredith, N.P. . Glauert, S.A. . (2009) Modeling the effects of radial diffusion and plasmaspheric hiss on outer radiation belt electrons.

Baker, D.N. Kanekal, S.G. Horne, R.B. . Meredith, N.P. . Glauert, S.A. . (2009) Low-altitude measurements of 2–6 MeV electron trapping lifetimes at 1.5 ≤ L ≤ 2.5.

Clilverd, M.A. . Meredith, N.P. . Horne, R.B. . Glauert, S.A. . Anderson, R.R. Thomson, N.R. Menk, F.W. Sandel, B.R. (2009) Longitudinal and seasonal variations in plasmaspheric electron density: Implications for electron precipitation.

Meredith, Nigel P. . Horne, Richard B. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Anderson, Roger R. (2009) Slot region electron loss timescales due to plasmaspheric hiss and lightning-generated whistlers.

Horne, Richard B. . Thorne, Richard M. Glauert, Sarah A. . Meredith, Nigel P. . Pokhotelov, Dimitry. Santolik, Ondrej. (2009) Electron acceleration in the Van Allen radiation belts by fast magnetosonic waves.

Varotsou, Athina. Boscher, Daniel. Bourdarie, Sebastien. Horne, Richard B. . Meredith, Nigel P. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Friedel, Reiner H. (2009) Three-dimensional test simulations of the outer radiation belt electron dynamics including electron-chorus resonant interactions.

2008

Fok, Mei-Ching. Horne, Richard B. . Meredith, Nigel P. . Glauert, Sarah A. . (2008) Radiation Belt Environment model: application to space weather nowcasting.

Varotsou, Athena. Boscher, Daniel. Bourdarie, Sebastien. Horne, Richard B. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Meredith, Nigel P. . (2008) Simulation of the outer radiation belt electrons near geosynchronous orbit including both radial diffusion and resonant interaction with Whistler-mode chorus waves.

2007

Glauert, Sarah A. . Horne, Richard B. . (2007) Calculation of pitch angle and energy diffusion coefficients with the PADIE code.

Horne, Richard B. . Thorne, Richard M. Glauert, Sarah A. . Albert, Jay M. Meredith, Nigel P. . Anderson, Roger R. (2007) Timescale for radiation belt electron acceleration by whistler mode chorus waves.

Horne, Richard B. . Thorne, Richard M. Shprits, Yuri Y. Meredith, Nigel P. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Smith, Andy J. Kanekal, Shrikanth G. Baker, Daniel N. Engebretson, Mark J. Posch, Jennifer L. Spasojevic, Maria. Inan, Umran S. Pickett, Jolene S. Decreau, Pierrette M.E. (2007) Wave acceleration of electrons in the Van Allen radiation belts.

Meredith, Nigel P. . Horne, Richard B. . Glauert, Sarah A. . Thorne, Richard M. Summers, Danny. Albert, Jay M. Anderson, Roger R. (2007) Energetic outer zone electron loss timescales during low geomagnetic activity.

Shprits, Y.Y. Thorne, R.M. Horne, R.B. . Glauert, S.A. . Cartwright, M. Russell, C.T. Baker, D.N. Kanekal, S.G. (2007) Acceleration mechanism responsible for the formation of the new radiation belt during the 2003 Halloween solar storm.

Glauert, S., & Ross, J. (2024). Pitch angle distributions, loss timescales and diffusion coefficients for the Earth’s radiation belts (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/6d20ed7b-59e1-4284-a6f2-3e2589da6d2a
Lam, P., Horne, R., Meredith, N., Glauert, S., & Kirsch, P. (2024). Charging Currents and Electric Fields of Satellite Cables during a reasonable worst case scenario (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/3948ce45-3430-468d-8e99-22d4d6c0a8c5
Daggitt, T., Horne, R., Glauert, S., & Del Zanna, G. (2024). BAS-RBM simulations of ultra-relativistic electron acceleration in Earth’s radiation belts using a coupled plasma density model (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/ea37228a-5b4d-4db2-8d97-53fff2c43f3f
Reidy, J., Ross, J., & Wong, J. (2023). Pitch angle diffusion coefficients used in comparison of quasi-linear diffusion theory with in-situ measurements (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/5ef0d6cd-67c2-48fc-8a6a-dfe44a63979e
Wong, J. (2023). New Chorus Diffusion Coefficients for Radiation Belt Modelling (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/fa63faf5-10d6-4c72-8b19-d41941f06812
Daggitt, T., Horne, R., Glauert, S., Del Zanna, G., & Albert, J. (2023). Evidence of strong diffusion of radiation belt electrons in satellite data, and numerical simulations of strong diffusion using the BAS-RBM 2D. (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/c7db6003-1f72-4e69-b0b4-ec4b0aa4763c
Daggitt, T. (2022). TS05 and TS07 external magnetic field model L*, LCDS and B field data for the GOES-13, GOES-15 and HIMAWARI-8 satellites for three geomagnetic storm periods (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/346ce427-6663-45e6-b706-285bb79e41ce
Wong, J. (2022). Electron Diffusion by Magnetosonic Waves in the Earth’s Radiation Belts (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/aae6ea2f-7dab-4ab1-830f-a4c53589e340
Ross, J. (2022). Electromagnetic ion cyclotron electron diffusion coefficients calculated using Van Allen Probe EMFISIS data for a range of ion compositions (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/2ba39ec4-c89e-4091-bdf9-e40491ec92a5
Woodfield, E., Glauert, S., Menietti, J., Horne, R., Kavanagh, A., & Shprits, Y. (2022). Acceleration of electrons by whistler-mode hiss waves at Saturn (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/c6202511-d70b-45ae-9b72-ff30f4888f5f
Glauert, S., Heynderickx, D., Kirsch, P., & Horne, R. (2021). The Satellite Risk Prediction and Radiation Forecast System (SaRIF) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/bebfd99e-f2e3-46f0-9833-f59efb40be37
Lozinski, A., Horne, R., Glauert, S., Del Zanna, G., & Claudepierre, S. (2021). Solutions to BAS-PRO model runs for Modelling 1-10MeV Proton Phase Space Density (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/27a89a5f-ca5d-471a-a0e7-060d0911b2d1
Glauert, S. (2021). Evaluation of SaRIF high-energy electron reconstructions and forecasts (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/9c31bc7a-6f16-4d37-8df0-2717f26c718a
Ross, J., & Glauert, S. (2021). Electron Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron diffusion coefficients calculated from Van Allen Probe observations (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/cc48c65d-5395-45a1-a60a-3a4b987fd673
Reidy, J. (2020). Pitch angle diffusion coefficients used to calculate electron precipitation from the Earth’s radiation belts (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/1ccb7d38-48d8-4206-be34-b218fa763b5a
Ross, J., & Meredith, N. (2020). Electromagnetic ion cyclotron electron diffusion coefficients calculated from CRRES data using a new approach (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/be8af49f-cdf1-443a-9c78-6a59c9d5be68
Woodfield, E., Glauert, S., Menietti, J., Averkamp, T., Horne, R., & Shprits, Y. (2019). Rapid electron acceleration in low density regions of Saturn’s radiation belt by whistler mode chorus waves (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/ae5116a5-fc16-464c-9c26-e395f897a8e4
Ross, J., Meredith, N., Glauert, S., Horne, R., & Clilverd, M. (2019). Effects of VLF transmitter waves on the inner belt and slot region (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/93ff55bf-7415-44c8-8e3d-7e2f5c5ffd6d
Glauert, S., & Meredith, N. (2018). Data from the figures in ‘A 30 year simulation of the outer electron radiation belt’ S.A. Glauert et al., 2018 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/a8c58ad1-6cb6-42a8-8020-2f5c5e4c658f

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Electron Acceleration in the Radiation Belts of Earth, Jupiter & Saturn

This project explored the radiation belts of the Earth, Jupiter and Saturn to help set new research goals for future spacecraft missions to the planets and develop computer models that will be of direct use to the space insurance, satellite construction and satellite service industries.

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SPACESTORM

SPACESTORM is a collaborative project to model space weather events and find ways to mitigate their effects on satellites.

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PlanetBelt3

PlanetBelt3 will be looking at the radiation belts of Saturn in this project, to include important newly recognised transport processes.

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SaRIF (for ESA)

A new way to create Saturn’s radiation belts

A team of international scientists from BAS, University of Iowa and GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences has discovered a new method to explain how radiation belts are formed around […]

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Satellites more at risk from fast solar wind than a major space storm

Satellites are more likely to be at risk from high-speed solar wind than a major geomagnetic storm according to a new UK-US study published this week in the Journal Space […]

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