Assessment of thunderstorm neutron radiation environment at altitudes of aviation flights

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 947-955

  Drozdov, A ^a   Grigoriev, A ^a   Malyshkin, Y ^b,c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 84880062809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JA018302     Document Type: Article

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