R3DE: Radiation risk radiometer-dosimeter on the international space station-optical radiation data recorded during 18 months of EXPOSE-E exposure to open space

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 393-402

  Schuster, Martin ^a   Dachev, Tsvetan ^b   Richter, Peter ^a   Häder, Donat Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c Möhrendorf ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROBIOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EXOBIOLOGY; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACECRAFT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84862027148     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0743     Document Type: Article

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