Forbush decrease effects on radiation dose received on-board aeroplanes

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 357-364

  Lantos, Pierre ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; NEUTRON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITOR;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; SOFTWARE; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 33646269965     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci302     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Reitz, G. Radiation environment in the stratosphere. Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 48, 5-20 (1993).
2. Forbush, S. E. On the effects in cosmic ray intensity observed during the recent magnetic storm. Phys. Rev. 51, 1108-1109 (1937).
3. Hofer, M. Y. and Flueckiger, E. O. Cosmic ray spectral variations and anisotropy near Earth during March 24, 1991, Forbush decrease. J. Geophys. Res. 105, 23085-23097 (2000).
4. Armstrong, T. W., Alsmiller, R. G. and Barish, J. Calculation of the radiation hazard at supersonic aircraft altitudes produced by an energetic solar flare. Nucl. Sci. Eng. 37, 337-342 (1969).
5. Lantos, P. and Fuller, N. History of the solar flare radiation doses on-board aeroplanes using semi-empirical model and Concorde measurements. Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 104(3), 199-210 (2003).
6. Ondoh, T. and Marubashi, K. (Eds) Science of Space Environment. (Tokyo: Ohmsha Ltd) (2001), ISBN 4-274-90384-2.
7. Haymes, R. C. Introduction to Space Science (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.) (1971) ISBN 0-471-36500-9.
8. Freidberg, W., Copeland, K., Duke, F. E., O'Brien, K. and Darden, E. B. Guidelines and technical information provided by the US FAA to promote radiation safety for air carrier crew members. Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 86, 323-327 (1999).
9. Schraube, H., Mares, V., Roesler, S. and Heinrich, W. Experimental Verification and Calculation of Aviation Route Doses. Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 86, 309-315 (1999).
10. O'Brien, K. Cosmic ray propagation in the atmosphere. Nuovo Cimento A3, 52-78 (1971).
11. Bartlett, D. T. Radiation protection concepts and quantities for the occupational exposure to cosmic radiation. Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 86, 263-268 (1999).
12. Badhwar G. D. and O'Neill P. M. Galactic cosmic radiation model and its applications, Adv. Space Res. 17(2), 7-17 (1996).
13. Bentley, R. D., Iles, R. H.A., Jones, J. B. I., Hunter, R., Taylor, G. C. and Thomas, D. J. Monitoring cosmic radiation on aircraft. In: Proceedings of SOLSPA 2001 Conference on Solar Cycle and Space Weather, 25-29 September 2001, Italy, ESA-SP477, 535-538 (2002).
14. Spurny, F., Kudela, K. and Dachev, T. Airplane radiation dose decrease during a strong Forbush decrease. Space Weather, 2, S05001 (2004).
15. Lantos, P., Fuller, N. and Bottollier-Depois, J.-F. Methods for estimation of radiation doses received by crews of commercial aircraft. Aviation Space Environ. Med. 74(7), 746-752 (2003).
16. Shea, M. A. and Smart, D. F. Vertical cutoff rigidities for cosmic ray stations since 1995. In: Proceedings of the 27th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Hamburg SH, pp. 4063-4066 (2001).
17. IAGA Bulletin. Geomagnetic data 1985 (and SSC 1982-1985), No. 32 p. ISGI Publication Office, St Maur des Fossés, France p. 136 (1990).
18. IAGA Bulletin. Geomagnetic data 1986, No 32 q. ISGI Publication Office, St Maur des Fossés, France p. 143 (1992).
19. IAGA Bulletin. Geomagnetic data 1989, No 32 t. ISGI Publication Office, St Maur des Fossés, France p. 123 (1996).
20. IAGA Bulletin. Geomagnetic data 1991, No 32 v. ISGI Publication Office, St Maur des Fossés, France p. 143 (1998).
21. IUGG-ISGI Bulletin. GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germany, monthly, 2000-2003.
22. Lantos, P. and Fuller, N. Semi-empirical model to calculate potential radiation exposure on board airplane during solar particle events. IEEE Proc. Plasma Sci. 32(4), 1468-1477 (2004).
23. Space Environment Center web site. Solar Proton Events Affecting the Earth Environment. Available at http://www.sec.noaa.gov/alerts/SPE.html
24. Bottollier-Depois J.-F. et al. Assessing exposure to cosmic radiation aboard aircraft: The SIEVERT system. Radioprotection, 38(3), 357-366 (2003).