Study of the radiation environment caused by galactic cosmic rays at flight altitudes, at the summit of the Zugspitze and at PTB Braunschweig

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 281-291

  Kurochkin, I A ^a   Wiegel, B ^b   Siebert, B R L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; PROTON;

AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEGATIVE PION RADIATION; NEUTRON; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHOTON; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VARIANCE;

EID: 0032837965     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032683     Document Type: Article

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