Monte Carlo calculation of the radiation field at aircraft altitudes

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 367-388

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

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; GEOGRAPHY; HEIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; SAFETY; SEA LEVEL; SOLAR RADIATION; TRAVEL; AVIATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; HUMAN; RADIOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; AVIATION; COSMIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SOFTWARE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035990226     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006728     Document Type: Article

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