The Carrington event: Possible doses to crews in space from a comparable event

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 226-231

  Townsend, L W ^a   Stephens Jr , D L ^b   Hoff, J L ^a   Zapp, E N ^c   Moussa, H M ^a   Miller, T M ^a   Campbell, C E ^a   Nichols, T F ^a  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrington Flare; Solar energetic particle event; Space radiation; Space radiation risks; Total ionizing doses

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; PROTONS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CARRINGTON FLARE; SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE EVENT; SPACE RADIATION; SPACE RADIATION RISKS; TOTAL IONIZING DOSES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33749578681     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.01.111     Document Type: Article

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