Numerical simulation of `DMSP' dosimeter response

Four Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) dosimeters were modeled for numerical simulation of radiation response. The modeling included the hemispherical aluminum dome, the solid state detector, and the tungsten base plate. Orbits were generated for 840 km and 98 degrees inclination and used with 1965 and 1985 magnetic field models and the AP8 and AE8 data sets to obtain solar minimum and solar maximum integral fluences for protons and electrons. Adjoint Monte Carlo methods were then used to simulate the transport of these environments in the geometric models of the dosimeters. Volume average dose calculations were used to calculate the response of the LOLET (less than 1 MeV deposited per particle) channels to electrons and secondary bremsstrahlung. Monte Carlo methods were used, in conjunction with a pulse height analysis, to obtain the proton response of the LOLET and HILET (1 to 10 MeV deposited per particle) channels. The HILET and LOLET responses obtained from these calculations are in good agreement with DMSP measurements for 1984-85.