The radiation in the atmosphere during major solar particle events

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1657-1664

  Clucas, Simon N ^a   Dyer, Clive S ^a   Lei, Fan ^a  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aircrew dosimetry; Atmospheric radiation model; Cosmic radiation; Cut off rigidity; Single event effects; Solar particle event

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLUXES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRONS; SOLAR RADIATION;

AIRCREW DOSIMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MODEL; CUT-OFF RIGIDITY; SINGLE EVENT EFFECTS; SOLAR PARTICLE EVENT;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 27844597279     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.08.013     Document Type: Article

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