30TH INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE World Grid of Calculated Cosmic Ray Vertical Cutoff Rigidities for Epoch 2000.0

Abstract: A world grid of vertical cosmic ray cutoff rigidities was calculated using the International Geomagnetic Reference Field (IGRF) for Epoch 2000.0. These cutoff rigidity values, specifically computed for updating aircraft radiation dose, show the effects of the continued evolution of the geo...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: D. F. Smart, M. A. Shea
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.546.5936
http://galprop.stanford.edu/elibrary/icrc/2007/preliminary/pdf/icrc0730.pdf
Description
Summary:Abstract: A world grid of vertical cosmic ray cutoff rigidities was calculated using the International Geomagnetic Reference Field (IGRF) for Epoch 2000.0. These cutoff rigidity values, specifically computed for updating aircraft radiation dose, show the effects of the continued evolution of the geo-magnetic field. The average cutoff values continue to decrease especially in the South Atlantic and South American areas. However, in the North Atlantic and the east coast of the North American con-tinent, the cutoff values are increasing.

Similar Items