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Article

Estimation of Radiation Exposure for Various Flights from Athens International Airport

by
Anastasia Tezari
1,
Argyris N. Stassinakis
1,
Panagiota Makrantoni
1,
Pavlos Paschalis
1,
Dimitris Alexandridis
1,
Maria Gerontidou
1,
Helen Mavromichalaki
1,*,
Pantelis Karaiskos
2,
Norma Crosby
3 and
Mark Dierckxsens
3
1
Athens Cosmic Ray Group, Faculty of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, Greece
2
Medical Physics Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11517 Athens, Greece
3
Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Atmosphere 2024, 15(2), 149; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15020149
Submission received: 20 December 2023 / Revised: 19 January 2024 / Accepted: 22 January 2024 / Published: 24 January 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Novel Insights into the Effects of Space Weather on Human Health)
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Abstract

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.
Keywords: cosmic radiation; radiation assessment; solar cycle; aviation cosmic radiation; radiation assessment; solar cycle; aviation

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Tezari, A.; Stassinakis, A.N.; Makrantoni, P.; Paschalis, P.; Alexandridis, D.; Gerontidou, M.; Mavromichalaki, H.; Karaiskos, P.; Crosby, N.; Dierckxsens, M. Estimation of Radiation Exposure for Various Flights from Athens International Airport. Atmosphere 2024, 15, 149. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15020149

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Tezari A, Stassinakis AN, Makrantoni P, Paschalis P, Alexandridis D, Gerontidou M, Mavromichalaki H, Karaiskos P, Crosby N, Dierckxsens M. Estimation of Radiation Exposure for Various Flights from Athens International Airport. Atmosphere. 2024; 15(2):149. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15020149

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Tezari, Anastasia, Argyris N. Stassinakis, Panagiota Makrantoni, Pavlos Paschalis, Dimitris Alexandridis, Maria Gerontidou, Helen Mavromichalaki, Pantelis Karaiskos, Norma Crosby, and Mark Dierckxsens. 2024. "Estimation of Radiation Exposure for Various Flights from Athens International Airport" Atmosphere 15, no. 2: 149. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15020149

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Tezari, A., Stassinakis, A. N., Makrantoni, P., Paschalis, P., Alexandridis, D., Gerontidou, M., Mavromichalaki, H., Karaiskos, P., Crosby, N., & Dierckxsens, M. (2024). Estimation of Radiation Exposure for Various Flights from Athens International Airport. Atmosphere, 15(2), 149. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15020149

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