Space weather and commercial airlines

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2258-2267

  Jones, J B L ^a,b   Bentley, R D ^b   Hunter, R ^b,c   Iles, R H A ^b   Taylor, G C ^d   Thomas, D J ^d  

^a Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UK Civil Aviation Authority   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commercial airlines; Cosmic radiation dose; Solar activity; Space weather effects

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; COSMIC RAYS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; METEOROLOGY; MONITORING; SPACE RESEARCH; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT;

AIRCREW RADIATION EXPOSURE; COMMERCIAL AIRLINE OPERATION; COSMIC RADIATION MONITORING; SPACE WEATHER EFFECTS;

CIVIL AVIATION;

EID: 28044459444     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2004.04.017     Document Type: Article

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