STOCKERAU AVIDOS A 22 WHAT IS AVIDOS? U6 Floridsdorf U1 Kaisermühlen - VIC AVIDOS is a web service of Seibersdorf Laboratories federated VIENNA with ESA’s Space Weather portal, accessible under: Südbahnhof http://swe.ssa.esa.int/web/guest/avidos-federated. A 1 LINZ A 23 A 4 AVIDOS is an informational and educational online software for Donau Schwechat the assessment of cosmic radiation exposure at flight altitudes S 1 n h Fischamend Leopoldsdorf a during quiet and extraordinary solar conditions. It estimates A 21 B B a Himberg h A 2 n Achau route doses for flights between any two locations and calculates MÖDLING Schwadorf BRATISLAVA now-cast exposure during solar storms. It also provides a BUDAPEST Ebergassing comparison of assessed exposure with natural background Münchendorf Gundramsdorf Gramatneusiedl BRATISLAVA S h u Götzendorf A 3 t radiation on earth. tle b Baden u Trumau s Reisenberg SEIBERSDORF LABORATORIES Cosmic radiation consists of ionising particles originating outside Ebreichsdorf 2444 SEIBERSDORF Oberwaltersdorf the solar system as well as from the sun. They produce secondary Unterwaltersdorf Seibersdorf particles in the earth‘s atmosphere. Some of them reach even the earth‘s surface. Persons present at higher altitude, such as Pottendorf aircraft crew, obtain more cosmic radiation exposure than those GRAZ at sea level. During extraordinary solar conditions, which affect the earth on average once per year, the radiation exposure can be significantly higher than during normal solar conditions. EISENSTADT AVIDOS is based on Monte Carlo simulations of cosmic radiation CONTACT transport in the atmosphere. AVIDOS is extensively validated by numerous on-board aircraft measurements. AVIDOS calculates SEIBERSDORF LABOR GMBH the effective dose, E, between 8 km and 15 km of altitude, for any Radiation Hardness Assurance and Space Weather geographic location and for whole cycle of solar activity. Effective 2444 Seibersdorf, Austria http://swe.ssa.esa.int/web/guest/avidos-federated dose, E, is the limiting radiation protection quantity related to a Tel.: +43 50550 2545 l Fax: +43 50550 2544 cancer risk to an organism due to ionizing radiation. It is www.seibersdorf-laboratories.at/avidos-en recommended, that for public the annual dose should not exceed one millisievert (mSv). The annual dose limit for aircraft crew is DR. PETER BECK 20 millisievert (mSv). This version of AVIDOS cannot be used for Head of Radiation Hardness Assurance and Space Weather commercial radiation protection purposes. For the use of [email protected] commercial radiation protection purposes please contact us. The development of AVIDOS was supported by the European Supported by Space Agency, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport and Innovation, and the Austrian Agency for Aviation and Space (ALR) as part of the Austrian Promotion Agency, FFG. Content & Print: Seibersdorf Labor GmbH, 2444 Seibersdorf · v13102020 © 2020 Seibersdorf Labor GmbH, Content & Print: AVIDOS PUBLIC MODE PUBLIC MODE WAYPOINTS MODE PUBLIC mode is designed for a user that demands quick assessment We designed WAYPOINTS mode for experts offering them a of cosmic radiation exposure for a selected flight without maximum flexibility when entering flight data. This mode allows for considering all technicalities. It ideally suits people who are waiting dose assessment of a waypoint-by-waypoint designed flight for boarding and just would like to know what would be the radiation including a complete set of parameters for each waypoint. exposure for the upcoming flight. Waypoints can be uploaded as a batch file including: Public mode with user friendly interface for: • flight and waypoint identifications, • date and time of the flight, • altitude, • departure, • date and time, • and destination. • and geographical latitude and longitude. Results can be downloaded for personal use. Screenshot: Public mode AIRCREW MODE SCIENCE MODE SCIENCE MODE For those who are more enquiring and like to explore, we designed We designed SCIENCE mode for researchers and experts for AIRCREW mode. In this mode, a user can easily appreciate the radiation dose assessment at flight altitudes in particular during influence of flight route, altitude, duration and even flight date on extraordinary solar conditions. With this mode users can analyse the assessed radiation exposure by having the possibility to change dose dependency for different solar proton spectra or investigate all those parameters. different flight routes for the same extraordinary solar condition. Aircrew mode with extended user friendly interface: Science mode offers: • date and time of the flight, • several implemented solar proton spectra, • departure, • several implemented representative flights, • destination, • all aspects of the spectra and flights are editable, • cruising altitude, • results are displayed in terms of E, and H*(10). • and flight duration. Results can be downloaded for personal use. Results can be downloaded for personal use. Screenshot: Science mode.