A new Mars radiation environment model with visualization

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1328-1332

  De Angelis, G ^a   Clowdsley, M S ^b   Singleterry, R C ^b   Wilson, J W ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Manned space missions; Mars; Planetary environments; Radiation analysis; Radiation environments

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COSMIC RAYS; IONIZING RADIATION; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; NEUTRONS; PLANETS; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE STATIONS;

MANNED SPACE MISSION; MARS; PLANETARY ENVIRONMENTS; RADIATION ANALYSIS; RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 5644238090     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.09.059     Document Type: Article

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