Resources

Explore our collection of resources designed to enhance your understanding of space radiation environments. Access real-time data on radiation conditions in various orbital environments, including GEO (Geostationary Earth Orbit) and MEO (Medium Earth Orbit) Galileo constellations.

Our resources provide insights for researchers, engineers, and space industry professionals working on radiation hardening, spacecraft design, and mission planning. Additionally, browse our curated publications for in-depth analysis and the latest research findings in the field of space weather.

Publications

Our research team has published a diverse range of high-impact scientific articles focused on space weather, radiation environments, and related phenomena in near-Earth space. Our recent publications cover several key areas including:

Development and analysis of radiation monitoring systems for spacecraft, including ESA’s Next Generation Radiation Monitor
Modeling of the Earth’s radiation belts, with particular attention to relativistic electron dynamics and semi-annual variations
Creation of solar proton event models and prediction methodologies for space weather applications
Application of artificial intelligence techniques to space physics problems, including neural networks for data classification and unfolding algorithms
Spacecraft mission planning and instrumentation for exploring the lower thermosphere-ionosphere
Harmonization of data from multiple space missions to improve radiation environment characterization

These publications represent our ongoing commitment to advancing understanding of the space environment and developing tools to protect space assets from radiation hazards.

(2024) Causal Inference in the Outer Radiation Belt: Evidence for Local Acceleration
P. Manshour, C. Papadimitriou, G. Balasis, M. Paluš
Geophysical Research Letters Volume51, Issue15
https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107166

(2023) Improving the Electron Radiation Belt Nowcast and Forecast Using the SafeSpace Data Assimilation Modeling Pipeline
A. Brunet, N. Dahmen, C. Katsavrias, O. Santolík, G. Bernoux, V. Pierrard, E. Botek, F. Darrouzet, A. Nasi, S. Aminalragia-Giamini, C. Papadimitriou, S. Bourdarie, I. A. Daglis
Space Weather Volume21, Issue8
https://doi.org/10.1029/2022SW003377

(2022) The EMERALD Model for the Estimation of the Radial Diffusion Coefficients in the Outer Belt
S. Aminalragia-Giamini, C. Katsavrias, C. Papadimitriou, I. A. Daglis, A. Nasi, A. Brunet, S. Bourdarie, N. Dahmen, G. Balasis
Space Weather Volume21, Issue1
https://doi.org/10.1029/2022SW003283

(2022) A low-power, radiation-hardened Single Event Effect rate detection System on a Chip for Real Time Monitoring of Single Event Effects on Low Earth Orbit satellites
Georgios Kottaras, Theodoros Sarris, Athanasios Psomoulis, Ilias Ioakeimidis, Angelos Papathanasiou, David Pitchford, Ingmar Sandberg
IFIP/IEEE 30th International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI-SoC)
https://doi.org/10.1109/VLSI-SoC54400.2022.9939638

(2022) First results and analysis from ESA Next Generation Radiation Monitor unit on-board EDRS-C
I Sandberg, S Aminalragia-Giamini, C Papadimitriou et al
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2022.3160108

(2022) Radiation Belt Model Including Semi‐Annual Variation and Solar Driving (Sentinel)
C Katsavrias, S Aminalragia‐Giamini, C Papadimitriou, IA Daglis et al, Space Weather 20 (1), e2021SW002936
https://doi.org/10.1029/2021SW002936

(2021) On the Interplanetary Parameter Schemes which Drive the Variability of the Source/Seed Electron Population at GEO
C. Katsavrias, S. Aminalragia-Giamini, C. Papadimitriou et al, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics
https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA028939

(2021) On the semi-annual variation of relativistic electrons in the outer radiation belt
C. Katsavrias, C. Papadimitriou, S. Aminalragia-Giamini et al, Annales Geophysicae, Volume 39 Issue 3, 413–425
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-413-2021

(2021) Harmonization of RBSP and ARASE energetic electron measurements utilizing ESA radiation monitor data
I. Sandberg, P. Jiggens, H. Evans et al, Space Weather
https://doi.org/10.1029/2020SW002692

(2020) Classification of Magnetosheath Jets Using Neural Networks and High Resolution OMNI (HRO) Data
S. Raptis, S. Aminalragia-Giamini, T. Karlsson, M. Lindberg, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2020.00024

(2020) Very high energy proton peak flux model
O. Raukunen et al, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, Volume 10
https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2020024

(2020) Daedalus: a low-flying spacecraft for in situ exploration of the lower thermosphere–ionosphere
T. Sarris et al, Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, Volume 9, 153–191
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-153-2020

(2020) Prediction of Solar Proton Event Fluence spectra from their Peak flux spectra
S. Aminalragia-Giamini, P. Jiggens, A. Anastasiadis, et al, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate
https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2019043

(2019) An Update to MOBE-DIC Using Current Monitor Measurements From Galileo
A. Hands, K.A. Ryden, I. Sandberg, et al, IEEE TNS, Volume 67 Issue 1
https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2019.2944699

(2019) Highly relativistic electron flux enhancement during the weak geomagnetic storm of April–May 2017
C. Katsavrias, I. Sandberg, W. Li et al, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Volume 124 Issue 6, 4402-4413
https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA026743

(2019) Data Exploitation of New Galileo Environmental Monitoring Units
I. Sandberg, S. Aminalragia-Giamini, G. Provatas et al, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Volume 66 Issue 7
http://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2019.2915686

(2018) In Situ Data and Effect Correlation During September 2017 Solar Particle Event
P. Jiggens et al, Space Weather, Volume 17 Issue 1
https://doi.org/10.1029/2018SW001936

(2018) Artificial intelligence unfolding for space radiation monitor data
S. Aminalragia-Giamini, C. Papadimitriou, I. Sandberg et al, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate
https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2018041

(2018) Updated Model of the Solar Energetic Proton Environment in Space
P. Jiggens, D. Heynderickx, I. Sandberg et al, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, Volume 8
https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2018010

(2018) The Virtual Time-Series Solar Proton Event Model
S. Aminalragia-Giamini, I. Sandberg, C. Papadimitriou et al, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, Volume 8
https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2017040

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