IRENE-AE9/AP9/SPM: Documents

Overview documents

• IRENE-AE9/AP9/SPM V1.57.004 User's Guide
  • Version 1.05 user's guide available at DTIC: C. Roth, AE9/AP9/SPM radiation environment model: User's guide, AFRL-RV-PS-TR-2014-0013, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, NM (2014). [1].
• G. P. Ginet, et al., “AE9, AP9 and SPM: New models for specifying the trapped energetic particle and space plasma environment,” Space Sci. Rev., 179, 579-615 (2013). (Technical overview of the model.) ADS abstract
  • Link to SSR site.
• W. R. Johnston, T. P. O'Brien, G. P. Ginet, S. L. Huston, T. B. Guild, and J. A. Fennelly, “AE9/AP9/SPM: New models for radiation belt and space plasma specification,” Proc. SPIE 9085, Sensors and Systems for Space Applications VII, 908508 (2014). (Short overview of the model.) ADS abstract
  • Link to SPIE site.
• W. R. Johnston, T. P. O'Brien, S. L. Huston, T. B. Guild, and G. P. Ginet, “Recent updates to the AE9/AP9/SPM radiation belt and space plasma specification model,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 62(6):2760-2766 (2015). (Short overview of V1.20 update.) [2]. ADS abstract
• T. P. O'Brien, W. R. Johnston, S. L. Huston, C. J. Roth, T. B. Guild, Y.-J. Su, and R. A. Quinn, “Changes in AE9/AP9-IRENE version 1.5,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 65(1):462-466, doi:10.1109/TNS.2017.2771324 (2018). (Short overview of V1.50 update.) [3]. ADS abstract

Software documents

• IRENE-AE9/AP9/SPM Build Instructions.
• Application Programming Interface:
  • IRENE-AE9/AP9/SPM V1.57.004 C Application Programming Interface.
  • IRENE-AE9/AP9/SPM V1.57.004 C++ Application Programming Interface.
  • IRENE-AE9/AP9/SPM V1.57.004 Python Application Programming Interface.
  • Version 1.00 API available at DTIC: P. Whelan, AE9/AP9/SPM model application programming interface, version 1.00.000, AFRL-RV-PS-TR-2014-0018, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, NM (2014). [4].
• IRENE-AE9/AP9/SPM V1.57.004 Known Issues and Limitations
• T. P. O'Brien, AE9/AP9 Guidance for third-party developers, Aerospace Report TOR-2014-01204, Chantilly, VA (25 Mar 2014).

Licenses

• IRENE-AE9/AP9/SPM V1.57.004 license and third party library licenses (also found in the documents/Licenses folder in the release package)

Release notes

• V1.57.004
• V1.56.002
• V1.55.003
• V1.50.001
• V1.35.001
• V1.30.001
• V1.20.004
• V1.20.003
• V1.20.002
• V1.20.001
• V1.05.001
• V1.04.002
• V1.04.001
• V1.03.001
• V1.00.003

Documents on specific topics

• W. R. Johnston, T. P. O'Brien, and G. P. Ginet, “Release of AE9/AP9/SPM radiation belt and space plasma model version 1.20.002,” Space Weather, 13(6):368, doi:10.1002/2015SW001212 (2015). (Announcement of V1.20 release.) [5]. ADS abstract
• T. P. O'Brien and B. P. Kwan, “Incorporating radiation effects into AE9/AP9,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 65(1):457-461, doi:10.1109/TNS.2017.2758322 (2018). (Review of kernels-based radiation effects calculations.) [6]. ADS abstract

Presentations

• IRENE Industry Days 2023 (1-2 Mar 2023)
  • IRENE Overview
  • ESA perspective
  • IRENE V1.57 feature changes
  • Kernels
  • IRENE V1.60 plans
  • SAPPHIRE-2S solar protons
  • IRENE V2.0 plans
• AE9/AP9-IRENE Progress Report (SEESAW, 15 Sep 2022)
• AE9/AP9-IRENE Progress Report (COSPAR, 17 Jul 2022) ADS abstract
• AE9/AP9-IRENE Progress Report (COSPAR, 31 Jan 2021) ADS abstract
• AE9/AP9-IRENE Future Plans (COSPAR, 30 Jan 2021) ADS abstract
• AE9/AP9-IRENE Space Radiation Climatology Model (European Space Weather Week, 7 Nov 2018)
• AE9/AP9-IRENE Update (SEE Symposium, 21 May 2018)
• AE9/AP9/SPM Overview (Space Weather Workshop, 4 May 2017)
• AE9/AP9 User Day (9 Feb 2017)
  • AE9/AP9/SPM Overview
  • What to Expect in AE9/AP9/SPM V1.50
  • AE9/AP9 V1.35.001 Parallelized Architecture
  • Computing Worst Case Transients in AE9/AP9
  • AE9/AP9 Effects Kernels (also prsented at SRMDAW, 6 Oct 2016)
• AE9/AP9/SPM Status (Space Radiation Modeling and Data Analysis Workshop, 6 Oct 2016)
• AE9/AP9 introduction for scientists (Geospace Environment Modeling Workshop, 28 Jul 2016)
• AE9/AP9/SPM V1.20 update (NSREC, 15 Jul 2015)
• AE9/AP9/SPM Status (European Geophysical Union, 17 Apr 2015)
• AE9/AP9/SPM Status (European Space Weather Week, 20 Nov 2014)
• IRENE (AE9/AP9/SPM) Challenges (European Space Weather Week, 20 Nov 2014)
• AE9/AP9/SPM Status (Radiation Belt Workshop, 17 Sep 2014)
• AE9/AP9/SPM Status (COSPAR, 3 Aug 2014)
• AE9/AP9/SPM Development Challenges (COSPAR, 3 Aug 2014)
• AE9/AP9/SPM Update (Geospace Environment Modeling Workshop, 18 Jun 2014)
• AE9/AP9/SPM Overview (SPIE-DSS, 5 May 2014)
• AE9/AP9/SPM Overview (RADECS, 23 Sep 2013)
• AE9/AP9 Model Comparisons (NSREC, 9 Jul 2013)
• AE9/AP9/SPM Future Plans (Radiation Belt Workshop, 30 Jun 2013)
• AE9/AP9/SPM Overview (Radiation Belt Workshop, 30 Jun 2013)

Other

• Several older documents are available at NASA's Space Environment Testbeds site.
• Validations and other evaluations
• Technical documentation