NTL Record

Title CARI-7 Documentation: Geomagnetic Cutoff Rigidity Calculations and Tables for 1965-2010
Record ID 81873
Personal Name
Creator
Copeland, Kyle
Corporate Creator United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Office of Aerospace Medicine
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Publication Date 20181001
Language English
Abstract To varying degrees, Earth's geomagnetic field protects the volume within its influence from energetic ions present in galactic and solar cosmic radiation. The accurate calculation of galactic and solar cosmic radiation dose rates and other related quantities in near-Earth space and within Earth's atmosphere requires knowledge of the influence of the geomagnetic field on these incoming energetic ions. CARI (Civil Aviation Research Institute [this is the acronym for a previous name of what is now the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, or CAMI]) software for calculating doses of ionizing radiation in the atmosphere from cosmic radiation has been in development since the late 1980s. Similar to previous versions of CARI, the approach used by CARI-7 and CARI-7A to incorporate geomagnetic shielding relies on precalculated tables of effective vertical cutoff rigidities. Unlike previous versions, CARI-7A offers multiple options for handling these data. This report presents the geomagnetic shielding algorithms and data used by CARI-7 and -7A.
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Rosap ID dot:57079
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57079
TRT Terms Ionizing radiation; Nuclear radiation; Weather; Magnetic properties; Storms
General Subjects Cosmic radiation; space weather; Geomagnetism; CARI-7; CARI-7A
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
1781977
Report Number DOT/FAA/AM-19/04
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/81000/81800/81873/201904.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository