On the radiation environment during consecutive balloon flights over New Mexico and Antarctica
Remarkably, we know more about the radiation environment onboard the International Space Station than we do about radiation values at altitudes between 30-40 km in the middle stratosphere. Within this work, we provide data about the radiation dose measured during two consecutive balloon flights flow...
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ftdlr:oai:elib.dlr.de:141606 2023-05-15T13:49:17+02:00 On the radiation environment during consecutive balloon flights over New Mexico and Antarctica Berger, Thomas Matthiä, Daniel Marsalek, Karel Przybyla, Bartos Aeckerlein, Joachim Rohde, Markus Wirtz, Michael Moeller, Ralf James, Leandro M. Lane, Michael A. Johnson, Prital Rauch, Brian F. Sowa, Marianne B. Smith, David J. 2021-03-01 https://elib.dlr.de/141606/ https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10506355.1 unknown Wiley Berger, Thomas und Matthiä, Daniel und Marsalek, Karel und Przybyla, Bartos und Aeckerlein, Joachim und Rohde, Markus und Wirtz, Michael und Moeller, Ralf und James, Leandro M. und Lane, Michael A. und Johnson, Prital und Rauch, Brian F. und Sowa, Marianne B. und Smith, David J. (2021) On the radiation environment during consecutive balloon flights over New Mexico and Antarctica. Space Weather. Wiley. doi:10.1002/essoar.10506355.1 <https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10506355.1>. ISSN 1542-7390. (eingereichter Beitrag) Strahlenbiologie Zeitschriftenbeitrag PeerReviewed 2021 ftdlr https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10506355.1 2022-01-24T00:10:41Z Remarkably, we know more about the radiation environment onboard the International Space Station than we do about radiation values at altitudes between 30-40 km in the middle stratosphere. Within this work, we provide data about the radiation dose measured during two consecutive balloon flights flown within a 4-month timeframe over New Mexico and Antarctica Data were measured with the M-42 radiation detector. On each flight, the M-42 was installed as part of a larger research payload: MARSBOx (New Mexico, 23 September 2019); and E-MIST (Antarctica, 15 December 2019-12 January 2020). The temporal proximity of the flights provided similar prevailing space weather conditions and solar activity (minimal during each mission). Against that common backdrop, the main differences between flights, including mission duration and geomagnetic shielding could be readily compared. Near identical space weather conditions provided a window of opportunity for studying the influence of altitude and geomagnetic shielding on dose and fluence rate of galactic cosmic radiation under maximum intensity conditions. Herein, we report relevant count- and dose rates for the missions, alongside Geant4 Monte Carlo calculations; this included crossings of the Regener maximum during the ascent and descent flights over New Mexico and the absence of a distinct maximum in dose rates at zero geomagnetic shielding for the polar flight. While dose rates in silicon at float altitudes (≈35 km-39 km) were a maximum of 2.5 +/- 0.4 microGy/h over New Mexico, we reached values of up to 8.4 +/- 0.3 microGy/h over Antarctica, thereby approaching dose rates similar to the surface of Mars. Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica German Aerospace Center: elib - DLR electronic library |
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Remarkably, we know more about the radiation environment onboard the International Space Station than we do about radiation values at altitudes between 30-40 km in the middle stratosphere. Within this work, we provide data about the radiation dose measured during two consecutive balloon flights flown within a 4-month timeframe over New Mexico and Antarctica Data were measured with the M-42 radiation detector. On each flight, the M-42 was installed as part of a larger research payload: MARSBOx (New Mexico, 23 September 2019); and E-MIST (Antarctica, 15 December 2019-12 January 2020). The temporal proximity of the flights provided similar prevailing space weather conditions and solar activity (minimal during each mission). Against that common backdrop, the main differences between flights, including mission duration and geomagnetic shielding could be readily compared. Near identical space weather conditions provided a window of opportunity for studying the influence of altitude and geomagnetic shielding on dose and fluence rate of galactic cosmic radiation under maximum intensity conditions. Herein, we report relevant count- and dose rates for the missions, alongside Geant4 Monte Carlo calculations; this included crossings of the Regener maximum during the ascent and descent flights over New Mexico and the absence of a distinct maximum in dose rates at zero geomagnetic shielding for the polar flight. While dose rates in silicon at float altitudes (≈35 km-39 km) were a maximum of 2.5 +/- 0.4 microGy/h over New Mexico, we reached values of up to 8.4 +/- 0.3 microGy/h over Antarctica, thereby approaching dose rates similar to the surface of Mars. |
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Berger, Thomas Matthiä, Daniel Marsalek, Karel Przybyla, Bartos Aeckerlein, Joachim Rohde, Markus Wirtz, Michael Moeller, Ralf James, Leandro M. Lane, Michael A. Johnson, Prital Rauch, Brian F. Sowa, Marianne B. Smith, David J. |
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Berger, Thomas Matthiä, Daniel Marsalek, Karel Przybyla, Bartos Aeckerlein, Joachim Rohde, Markus Wirtz, Michael Moeller, Ralf James, Leandro M. Lane, Michael A. Johnson, Prital Rauch, Brian F. Sowa, Marianne B. Smith, David J. |
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On the radiation environment during consecutive balloon flights over New Mexico and Antarctica |
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On the radiation environment during consecutive balloon flights over New Mexico and Antarctica |
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On the radiation environment during consecutive balloon flights over New Mexico and Antarctica |
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On the radiation environment during consecutive balloon flights over New Mexico and Antarctica |
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On the radiation environment during consecutive balloon flights over New Mexico and Antarctica |
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on the radiation environment during consecutive balloon flights over new mexico and antarctica |
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Berger, Thomas und Matthiä, Daniel und Marsalek, Karel und Przybyla, Bartos und Aeckerlein, Joachim und Rohde, Markus und Wirtz, Michael und Moeller, Ralf und James, Leandro M. und Lane, Michael A. und Johnson, Prital und Rauch, Brian F. und Sowa, Marianne B. und Smith, David J. (2021) On the radiation environment during consecutive balloon flights over New Mexico and Antarctica. Space Weather. Wiley. doi:10.1002/essoar.10506355.1 <https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10506355.1>. ISSN 1542-7390. (eingereichter Beitrag) |
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