Estimation of Radiation Exposure for Various Flights from Athens International Airport
In recent decades, the exposure of aviation crews and passengers to cosmic radiation has been progressively increasing due to the growing need of flights. Therefore, there is a need for radiation assessment software tools to act as a complement to other radiation protection techniques and countermea...
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| author | Anastasia Tezari Argyris N. Stassinakis Panagiota Makrantoni Pavlos Paschalis Dimitris Alexandridis Maria Gerontidou Helen Mavromichalaki Pantelis Karaiskos Norma Crosby Mark Dierckxsens |
| author_facet | Anastasia Tezari Argyris N. Stassinakis Panagiota Makrantoni Pavlos Paschalis Dimitris Alexandridis Maria Gerontidou Helen Mavromichalaki Pantelis Karaiskos Norma Crosby Mark Dierckxsens |
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| description | In recent decades, the exposure of aviation crews and passengers to cosmic radiation has been progressively increasing due to the growing need of flights. Therefore, there is a need for radiation assessment software tools to act as a complement to other radiation protection techniques and countermeasures. In this work, the exposure to cosmic radiation is estimated for flights from Athens International Airport to various international destinations, by performing Monte Carlo simulations with the validated tool DYASTIMA/DYASTIMA-R. The results of the estimated total ambient dose equivalent, as well as the ambient dose equivalent rate for different flights, applying a typical flying level and constant atmospheric conditions, are presented for the first time. This study is carried out for different phases of solar activity for the time period from 1996 to 2019, which includes the two recent Solar Cycles 23 and 24. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-184c42d7c440483c8c753942f94e46c12024-02-23T15:07:00ZengMDPI AGAtmosphere2073-44332024-01-0115214910.3390/atmos15020149Estimation of Radiation Exposure for Various Flights from Athens International AirportAnastasia Tezari0Argyris N. Stassinakis1Panagiota Makrantoni2Pavlos Paschalis3Dimitris Alexandridis4Maria Gerontidou5Helen Mavromichalaki6Pantelis Karaiskos7Norma Crosby8Mark Dierckxsens9Athens Cosmic Ray Group, Faculty of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, GreeceAthens Cosmic Ray Group, Faculty of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, GreeceAthens Cosmic Ray Group, Faculty of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, GreeceAthens Cosmic Ray Group, Faculty of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, GreeceAthens Cosmic Ray Group, Faculty of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, GreeceAthens Cosmic Ray Group, Faculty of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, GreeceAthens Cosmic Ray Group, Faculty of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, GreeceMedical Physics Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11517 Athens, GreeceRoyal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, 1180 Brussels, BelgiumRoyal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, 1180 Brussels, BelgiumIn recent decades, the exposure of aviation crews and passengers to cosmic radiation has been progressively increasing due to the growing need of flights. Therefore, there is a need for radiation assessment software tools to act as a complement to other radiation protection techniques and countermeasures. In this work, the exposure to cosmic radiation is estimated for flights from Athens International Airport to various international destinations, by performing Monte Carlo simulations with the validated tool DYASTIMA/DYASTIMA-R. The results of the estimated total ambient dose equivalent, as well as the ambient dose equivalent rate for different flights, applying a typical flying level and constant atmospheric conditions, are presented for the first time. This study is carried out for different phases of solar activity for the time period from 1996 to 2019, which includes the two recent Solar Cycles 23 and 24.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/15/2/149cosmic radiationradiation assessmentsolar cycleaviation |
| spellingShingle | Anastasia Tezari Argyris N. Stassinakis Panagiota Makrantoni Pavlos Paschalis Dimitris Alexandridis Maria Gerontidou Helen Mavromichalaki Pantelis Karaiskos Norma Crosby Mark Dierckxsens Estimation of Radiation Exposure for Various Flights from Athens International Airport Atmosphere cosmic radiation radiation assessment solar cycle aviation |
| title | Estimation of Radiation Exposure for Various Flights from Athens International Airport |
| title_full | Estimation of Radiation Exposure for Various Flights from Athens International Airport |
| title_fullStr | Estimation of Radiation Exposure for Various Flights from Athens International Airport |
| title_full_unstemmed | Estimation of Radiation Exposure for Various Flights from Athens International Airport |
| title_short | Estimation of Radiation Exposure for Various Flights from Athens International Airport |
| title_sort | estimation of radiation exposure for various flights from athens international airport |
| topic | cosmic radiation radiation assessment solar cycle aviation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/15/2/149 |
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