title: Radiation exposure measurement onboard civil aircraft.
abstract: The active dosemeter DOSTEL based on two silicon planar detectors was flown on civil aircraft flights to study the radiation exposure of air crew members. The altitude and latitude dependence of count and dose rates as well as long-term variations are measured. After calibration of the DOSTEL response against measurements of a TEPC instrument, total dose-equivalent values for various flights are compared with H*(10) calculations by EPCARD yielding a ratio of 1.02 +/- 0.09 (standard variation).
authors.affiliation: Universität Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany. r.beaujean@email.uni-kiel.de
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beaujean
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burmeister
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reitz
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D000401:Aircraft; D001822:Body Burden; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003359:Cosmic Radiation; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors