An efficient method of computing the average atmosphere encountered by particles trapped in the earth's magnetic field is described. An average height is defined. It is shown that this height is a slowly varying function of L (the magnetic shell parameter), Bm (the magnetic field at the mirror point), and μ (the inverse of the scale height). Coefficients for low-order-polynomial fits to the average height are given. Some models of the atmosphere are compared with measurements of trapped proton fluxes.
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