Semi-empirical model to calculate potential radiation exposure on board airplane during solar particle events

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 1468-1477

  Lantos, Pierre ^a   Fuller, Nicolas ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; COSMIC RAYS; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATION EFFECTS; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL;

AIRCREW RADIATION DOSES; SOLAR FLARES; SOLAR PARTICLE EVENTS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 7244229507     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.830988     Document Type: Article

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