Measurements of the atmospheric radiation environment from CREAM and comparisons with models for quiet time and solar particle events

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2326-2331

  Dyer, Clive ^a   Lei, Fan ^a   Hands, Alex ^a   Clucas, Simon ^a   Jones, Bryn ^b  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b Solarmetrics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Cosmic rays; Dose equivalent; Neutrons; Single event effects; Solar particles

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; DOSIMETERS; GEOMAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRONS;

CREAM; DOSE EQUIVALENT; SINGLE EVENT EFFECTS; SOLAR PARTICLES;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

EID: 33144454628     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.860754     Document Type: Conference Paper

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