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Astrophys. Space Sci. Trans., 7, 105-109, 2011
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13 Apr 2011
Radiation doses along selected flight profiles during two extreme solar cosmic ray events
R. Bütikofer and E. O. Flückiger
Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland

Received: 27 Oct 2010 – Revised: 10 Jan 2011 – Accepted: 16 Jan 2011 – Published: 13 Apr 2011
Abstract. The radiation dose rates at flight altitudes may be hazardously increased during solar cosmic ray events. Within the scope of this paper we investigate the total accumulated radiation doses, i.e. the contribution of galactic and solar cosmic rays, during the two extreme solar cosmic ray events on 29 September 1989 and on 20 January 2005 along selected flight profiles. In addition, the paper discusses the consequences of possible solar cosmic ray flux approximations on the results of the radiation dose computations.

Citation: Bütikofer, R. and Flückiger, E. O.: Radiation doses along selected flight profiles during two extreme solar cosmic ray events, Astrophys. Space Sci. Trans., 7, 105-109, doi:10.5194/astra-7-105-2011, 2011.
 
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