Prediction of LDEF exposure to the ionizing radiation environment

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 26, Issue 6 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 893-899

  Watts, J W ^a   Armstrong, T W ^b   Colborn, B L ^b  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONS; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROTONS; SATELLITES; SPACE FLIGHT;

ACTIVATION LEVELS; ELECTRON FLUX; LONG DURATION EXPOSURE FACILITY; SOLAR CYCLE EFFECTS;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; ELECTRON; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LDEF PROJECT; LONG DURATION; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE FLIGHT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNMANNED;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LDEF PROJECT; LONG DURATION; UNMANNED;

COSMIC RADIATION; ELECTRONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0030273826     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(96)00103-5     Document Type: Article

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