Radiation Belt Forecast Model and Framework (RBFMF) 10 Hour Hindcast Validation Data

Archived data for the manuscript “On the Performance of a Real-Time Electron Radiation Belt Specification Model”  Staples et al., submitted to Space Weather, 2024.

Data in these files specify the radiation belt through phase space density (PSD) in adiabatic coordinate system. Simulated PSD is from the Radiation Belt Forecast Model and Framework (RBFMF) 10 hour hindcast, and measured PSD is from an intercalibrated multi-mission observatory (Van Allen Probes, GOES 13, 15, GPS, MMS, and THEMIS). For detailed description of the method used in the computation of this data, see sections 2 and 3 of the submitted manuscript.

The THEMIS, Van Allen Probe, MMS, and GOES data used in computations is publicly available via http://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov 

The GPS data is available via https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/space-weather/satellite-data/satellite-systems/gps/

Data Preperation: 

Adam Kellerman, [e-mail] 

Frances Staples, [e-mail]

Support for this work was provided by NASA grants 80NSSC20K1402 and 80NSSC23K0096, and NSF grant 2149782.

'PSD_10hrHC_Jan2016-Oct2018.mat'

Matlab data file format.

Data time period: January 2016 - October 2018. 

            Variable Descriptions:

time - Serial date.

InvMu - 1st adiabatic invariant coordinate, mu.

InvK - 2nd adiabatic invariant coordinate, k.

lstar - 3rd adiabatic invariant coordinate, l*.

psd_sim - 10 hour radiaiton belt hindcast. Simulated PSD has dimensions corresponding to (time,lstar,mu,k).  

psd_obs - PSD observed by multi-mission dataset, with dimensions matching the simulated PSD (time, lstar, mu, k).  

'PSD_10hrHC_Mar2019-Dec2020.mat'

Matlab data file format.

Data time period March 2019 - December 2020. 

Variable Descriptions:

time - Serial date.

InvMu - 1st adiabatic invariant coordinate, mu.

InvK - 2nd adiabatic invariant coordinate, k.

lstar - 3rd adiabatic invariant coordinate, l*.

psd_sim - 10 hour radiaiton belt hindcast. Simulated PSD has dimensions corresponding to (time,lstar,mu,k).  

psd_gps - PSD observed by the GPS constellation, with dimensions matching the simulated PSD (time, lstar, mu, k). 

'RBSP_beacondata_Jan2016-Oct2018.mat'

Matlab data file format.

Data time period January 2016 - October 2018. 

Variable Descriptions:

time - Serial date.

InvMu - 1st adiabatic invariant coordinate, mu.

InvK - 2nd adiabatic invariant coordinate, k.

lstar - 3rd adiabatic invariant coordinate, l*. l* dimensions correpond to the dimensions of the 2nd invariant, K (time, K)

psd - real time PSD observed from Van Allen Probe b (beacon data), with dimensions corresponding to (time,mu,k). 

psd_err - observed error of beacon PSD data (i.e. Beacon_PSD - FinalRBSP_PSD).

psd_q - observed quotient of beacon PSD data (i.e., Beacon_PSD/FinalRBSP_PSD).

'README.txt'

Downloadable file descriptions.