High Altitude Atmospheric Radiation Transport Calculations

Abstract

This report contains the results of MORSAIR code Monte Carlo calculations of neutron and secondary gamma transport in a real two-dimensional variable density atmosphere. These data were generated so that an assessment could be made of the adequacy of mass integral scaling of uniform air calculations in defining radiation environments in the atmosphere. Unclassified fission and thermonuclear source spectra were used in the calculations at source altitudes from 5 to 80 kilometers. Silicon and tissue doses as well as the total fluences were calculated for both neutrons and secondary gammas.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA030817

Entities

People

  • James C. Eamon

Organizations

  • Kaman Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Atmosphere Models
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Detectors
  • Environment
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • High Altitude
  • Integrals
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Particles
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radiation
  • Real Variables
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Statistical inference.