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    Cosmic radiation exposure of aviators for solar cycles 23 and 24

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    Authors
    Paschalis, P.
    Tezari, A.
    Mavromichalaki, H.
    Karaiskos, P.
    Crosby, N.
    Dierckxsens, M.
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    Discipline
    Physical sciences
    Subject
    space weather
    radiation dosimetry
    atmospheric cascades
    aviation
    Audience
    Scientific
    Date
    2021
    Publisher
    Kiel University Publishing, Kiel, Germany
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    Assessing the radiation exposure of aviators and frequent flyers requires the study of the cosmic ray showers inside the Earth’s atmosphere. DYASTIMA / DYASTIMA-R is a Geant4 based software application, implemented by the Athens Cosmic Ray Group which allows the study of the evolving secondary particles cascades inside the atmosphere, as well as radiation dosimetry calculations (ambient dose equivalent rate) at different atmosphe - ric altitudes, geographic coordinates and magnetic cut-off rigidity. Results for various scenarios, as calculated by DYASTIMA/DYASTIMA-R, are provided as a federated product through the European Space Agency Space Situational Awareness of the Space Radiation Service Centre Network, while the DYASTIMA software is provi- ded through the Athens Neutron Monitor Station (A.Ne.Mo.S.) portal. Initial results for the assessment of the radiation exposure during the last Solar Cycles 23 and 24 are presented in this work, covering the most usual flying altitudes. The results indicate the dependence of the dose rate on the magnetic cut-off rigidity threshold, with higher dose rates at high geographic latitudes, as well as the anti-correlation of cosmic ray intensity with the solar activity, as higher dose rates are observed during solar minimum conditions.
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    Paschalis, P.; Tezari, A.; Mavromichalaki, H.; Karaiskos, P.; Crosby, N.; Dierckxsens, M. (2021). Cosmic radiation exposure of aviators for solar cycles 23 and 24. (Abunina, M., Ed.), Cosmic ray studies with neutron detectors - NMDB@Home 2020: Proceedings of the 1st Virtual Symposium on Cosmic Ray Studies with Neutron Detectors, Cosmic Ray Studies with Neutron Detectors, Vol. 1, 109–113, Kiel University Publishing, Kiel, Germany, DOI: 10.38072/2748-3150/p13.
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    uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/10010
    doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.38072/2748-3150/p13
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    Book chapter
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    Language
    eng
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