Altitude and Latitude Variations in Avionics SEU and Atmospheric Neutron Flux

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 1484-1490

  Normand, E ^a   Baker, T J ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERICS; COSMIC RAYS; DATA REDUCTION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROELECTRONICS; NEUTRONS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

ALTITUDE VARIATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC NEUTRON FLUX; LATITUDE VARIATIONS; SINGLE EVENT UPSET;

AVIONICS;

EID: 0027809043     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.273514     Document Type: Article

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