The Effects of Space Weather on Aviation | |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 61974406 United States 11/16/2014 06:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to sol.spacenvironment.net] Real-time radiation exposure is computed as an effective dose rate, |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 65161686 United Kingdom 11/16/2014 06:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It was considered significant enough that Concorde was fitted with its own radiation detection and warning system. Concorde flew at such high altitudes that there was very little of the Earth's atmosphere above it to protect from cosmic rays and high energy solar radiation. Flightcrews got a few minutes warning of increased radition levels and had the option to descend to the thicker air below 50,000 ft. [link to www.flightglobal.com] [link to rpd.oxfordjournals.org] K |