The ambient dose equivalent at flight altitudes: A fit to a large set of data using a Bayesian approach

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 513-524

  Wissmann, F ^a   Reginatto, M ^a   T Moller ^a,b  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT DOSE EQUIVALENT; AMBIENT DOSE EQUIVALENT RATE; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BAYESIAN STATISTICS; CUT-OFF RIGIDITY; DATA COVER; DATA POINTS; DOSE RATE; EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS; FLIGHT ALTITUDES; FUNCTIONAL FORMS; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; LONG HAUL; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR CYCLE; TAYLOR EXPANSIONS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; EXPANSION; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RIGIDITY; SOLAR ENERGY;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHM; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHMS; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING;

EID: 77957315971     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/30/3/006     Document Type: Article

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