Comparison of codes assessing galactic cosmic radiation exposure of aircraft crew

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-323

  Bottollier Depois, J F ^a   Beck, P ^b   Bennett, B ^c   Bennett, L ^c   Butikofer R ^d   Clairand, I ^a   Desorgher, L ^e   Dyer, C ^f   Felsberger, E ^g   Fluckiger E ^d   Hands, A ^f   Kindl, P ^h   Latocha, M ^b   Lewis, B ^c   Leuthold, G ⁱ   Maczka, T ⁱ   Mares, V ⁱ   McCall, M J ^j   O'Brien, K ^k   Rollet, S ^b   Ruhm W ⁱ   Wissmann, F ^l   more..

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^c ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e SpaceIT GmbH ^*  (Switzerland)

^f Aerospace Division   (United Kingdom)

^g IASON GmbH   (Austria)

^h GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^j PCAire Inc   (Canada)

^k NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; AVIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; EUROPE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SOFTWARE; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 72349085160     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncp159     Document Type: Article

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