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Sakaguchi et al. 1999
Sakaguchi, T., Doke, T., Hasebe, N., Kikuchi, J., Kono, S., Takagi, T., Takahashi, K., Nagaoka, S., Nakano, T., Takahashi, S. and Badhwar, G.D. (1999). Measurement of the directional distribution of incident particles in the Shuttle-Mir mission orbit. Journal of Geophysical Research 104: doi: 10.1029/1999JA900231. issn: 0148-0227.

The measurement of the directional distribution of incident particles was made by using the Real time Radiation Monitoring Device (RRMD)-III placed inside the Space Shuttle STS-84 cruised at an altitude of 400 km and an inclination angle of 51.6¿, which are the same as the cruising orbit of the International Space Station (ISS). The directional distributions of incident particles were evaluated over the observed linear energy transfer (LET) range (1--100 keV/&mgr;m). The pitch angle distribution is also obtained using the geomagnetic model of IGRF-95. The result is roughly in good agreement with the distribution obtained by the VF1-MIN anisotropy model calculation within the present experimental errors, if the shielding distribution is assumed to be uniform. ¿ 1999 American Geophysical Union

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Interplanetary Physics, Cosmic rays, Magnetospheric Physics, Energetic particles, trapped, Magnetospheric Physics, Instruments and techniques, Ionosphere, Wave/particle interactions, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere/ionosphere interactions
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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