Time-dependent estimates of organ dose and dose equivalent rates for human crews in deep space from the 26 October 2003 solar energetic particle event (Halloween event) using the Earth-Moon-Mars Radiation Environment Module

Space Weather

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Pourarsalan, M ^a   Townsend, L W ^a   Schwadron, N A ^b   Kozarev, K ^b   Dayeh, M A ^c   Desai, M I ^c  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 77956077910     PISSN: 15427390     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009SW000533     Document Type: Article

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