Cosmic radiation exposure of aircraft occupants on simulated high-latitude flights during solar proton events from 1 January 1986 through 1 January 2008

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1008-1029

  Copeland, Kyle ^a   Sauer, Herbert H ^b   Duke, Frances E ^a   Friedberg, Wallace ^a  

^a CIVIL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air travel; Cosmic radiation; Radiation dose to aircraft; Solar alpha particles; Solar proton event; Solar protons; Space weather

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; RADIATION;

AIR TRAVELS; RADIATION DOSE TO AIRCRAFT; SOLAR ALPHA PARTICLES; SOLAR PROTON EVENTS; SOLAR PROTONS; SPACE WEATHER;

RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 49049114050     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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