Prediction of solar particle event proton doses using early dose rate measurements

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 56, Issue 9-12, 2005, Pages 961-968

  Neal, John S ^a   Townsend, Lawrence W ^a  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PROTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPACE SHUTTLES; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ASYMPTOTIC DOSES; DOSE RATE MEASUREMENTS; SOLAR PARTICLE EVENT (SPE); SOLAR PARTICLES;

SOLAR RADIATION;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; FORECASTING; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE FLIGHT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BAYES THEOREM; FORECASTING; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 16344363633     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.01.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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