The Van Allen Probes Mission

Abstract

Preface.- Science Objectives and Rationale for the Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission.- Mission Overview for the Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission.- Radiation Belt Storm Probes - Observatory and Environments.- The Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science (EMFISIS) on RBSP.- The Electric Field and Waves (EFW) Instruments on the Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission.- The Relativistic Proton Spectrometer (RPS) for the Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission.- Radiation Belt Storm Probes Ion Composition Experiment (RBSPICE).- Science Goals and Overview of the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) Energetic Particle, Composition, and Thermal Plasma (ECT) Suite on NASA's Van Allen Probes Mission.- The Relativistic Electron-Proton Telescope (REPT) Instrument on Board the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) Spacecraft: Characterization of Earth's Radiation Belt High-Energy Particle Populations.- The Magnetic Electron Ion Spectrometer (MagEIS) Instruments Aboard the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) Spacecraft.- Helium, Oxygen, Proton and Electron (HOPE) Mass Spectrometer for the Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission.- The Engineering Radiation Monitor for the Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission.- The Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses (BARREL).- The Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) and Space Weather.- Dynamics of Radiation Belt Particles.- AE9/AP9 and SPM: New Models for Specifying the Trapped Energetic Particle and Space Plasma Environment.- Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) Education and Public Outreach Program.