Solar particle events in the QinetiQ atmospheric radiation model

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1071-1075

  Dyer, Clive ^a,b   Lei, Fan ^a,b   Hands, Alex ^b   Truscott, Peter ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambient dose equivalent; Cosmic rays; Geomagnetic storms; Ground level events; Single event effects; Solar particle events

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; GEOMAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR ENERGY; STORMS;

AIRCRAFT ROUTES; PARTICLE FLUXES; SOLAR PARTICLE;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

EID: 34548074903     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.893537     Document Type: Conference Paper

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