https://github.com/m4opt/aep8

Calculate the flux of electrons or protons trapped in the Earth's radiation belt using the NASA AE8/AP8 model from IRBEM
https://github.com/m4opt/aep8

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Calculate the flux of electrons or protons trapped in the Earth's radiation belt using the NASA AE8/AP8 model from IRBEM

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/m4opt/aep8
• Owner: m4opt
• Created: 2025-05-10T02:21:14.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-12-29T21:16:37.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-12-30T07:39:41.767Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: astronomy, cubesat, electron, heliophysics, magnetosphere, nasa, proton, radiation, satellite, space-weather
• Language: Python
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• Size: 771 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 3
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: licenses/IRBEM_LICENSE.txt

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# AEP8

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![Map of integral min electron flux at 500 km and 1 MeV](https://github.com/m4opt/aep8/raw/main/test/baseline/test_plot_flux_integral-min-e.png)

This Python package calculates the estimated flux of electrons or protons trapped in the Earth's radiation belt. It is a Python wrapper for the [NASA AE8/AP8 model](https://prbem.github.io/IRBEM/api/radiation_models.html#ae8-and-ap8-models) in the [IRBEM](https://prbem.github.io/IRBEM/) package. It provides an [Astropy](https://www.astropy.org)-friendly interface, allowing you to specify the location using [Astropy coordinates](https://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/coordinates/index.html), the time in [Astropy time](https://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/time/index.html), and the energy using [Astropy units](https://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/units/index.html). You can pass it a single time and location, or arrays of times and locations.

## To install

```

pip install aep8

```

## Example

```pycon

>>> from astropy.coordinates import EarthLocation

>>> from astropy.time import Time

>>> from astropy import units as u

>>> from aep8 import flux

>>> loc = EarthLocation.from_geodetic(15 * u.deg, -45 * u.deg, 300 * u.km)

>>> time = Time('2025-01-01 18:37:22')

>>> energy = 10 * u.MeV

>>> flux(loc, time, energy, kind='integral', solar='max', particle='p')

```