The energy spectrum of cosmic-ray induced neutrons measured on an airplane over a wide range of altitude and latitude

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 387-392

  Goldhagen, Paul ^a   Clem, J M ^b   Wilson, J W ^c  

^a US Department of Energy Environmental Measurements Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COSMIC RADIATION; GEOMETRY; IONIZING RADIATION; LATITUDE; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHMS; ALTITUDE; BODY BURDEN; COSMIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONALITY; NEUTRONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4644318389     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch216     Document Type: Article

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