Overview of Atmospheric Ionizing Radiation (AIR) research: SST-present

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-16

  Wilson, J W ^a   Goldhagen, P ^b   Rafnsson, V ^c   Clem, J M ^d   De Angelis, G ^e,f   Friedberg, W ^g  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b US Department of Energy Environmental Measurements Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^e OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^g CIVIL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; COSMIC RAYS; NEUTRONS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE FLIGHT;

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION RADIATION (AIR);

IONIZING RADIATION;

RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 0141510579     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90364-4     Document Type: Article

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