Space Weather News for Sept. 30, 2016
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NEW MAPS OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC ANOMALY: Scientists have long known that our
planet's inner Van Allen Belt dips down toward Earth over South America,
creating a zone of high radiation known as the South Atlantic Anomaly.  A
new study, just published in the AGU journal Space Weather Quarterly,
reveals that the anomaly is moving and that it varies with seasons in a way
that researchers don't fully understand. Visit today's edition of
Spaceweather.com for the full story.
 
Credit: Schaefer, R. K. et al (2016), Observation and modeling of the South
Atlantic Anomaly in low Earth orbit using photometric instrument data,
Space Weather, 14, 330-342, doi:10.1002/2016SW001371.
 
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Roger

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