Improvement to and validations of the QinetiQ atmospheric radiation model (QARM)

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1851-1858

  Lei, Fan ^a   Hands, Alex ^a   Clucas, Simon ^a   Dyer, Clive ^a   Truscott, Pete ^a  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Cosmic rays; Modelling; Monte Carlo; Radiation; Solar particles

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAYS; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COSMIC RAY MODELS; ENERGETIC RADIATION; SOLAR PARTICLES; WEB INTERFACE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 33748344725     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.880567     Document Type: Conference Paper

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