Calculation of radiation fields in the atmosphere and comparison to experimental data

Radiation Research

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-97

  Roesler, S ^a   Heinrich, W ^a   Schraube, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COSMIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

COSMIC RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS;

EID: 0031962474     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579685     Document Type: Article

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