Measurements of the radiation quality factor Q at aviation altitudes during solar minimum (2006-2008)

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1178-1181

  Meier, Matthias M ^a   Hubiak, Melina ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aviation; Q factor; Radiation exposure of aircrew; Radiation quality; Space weather

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; COSMOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; RADIATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMBIENT DOSE EQUIVALENT RATE; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; GALACTIC COSMIC RADIATIONS; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; Q-FACTORS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION QUALITY; SPACE WEATHER;

RADIATION SHIELDING;

EID: 77950301015     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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