JISCARD EX Personal Edition User`s Manual ver.1.0
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1. 12 The 0 means no interpolation 13 14 15 0 Username 16 Access the web program Parma Jiscard 17 8 h AIRPORT SEARCH Please 18 D Aror RS choose departing and arriving 19 an airports and copy them to 20 the clipboard Set calculation condtions for Parameter the flight between the air 23 Settings ports selected above The 24 great circle interval is 10min 25 26 M 4 N MainSheet Parameters I lt gt Completing data input then push the Route Dose Calculation button in the left panel of the mainsheet Ej Microsoft Excel JISCARD EX P e xls T Mi Di SAEZ A B JISCARD EX Personal Edition ver 1 0 JISCARDEX Personal Edition 2 Functions js vut Access the web pro AIRPORT SEARCH Please choose departing and arriving airports and copy them to Airport Search on Web Set calculation condtions for Parameter he flight between the air Settings ports selected above The great circle interval is 10min Data files for reading Choose another log data ile if necessary Raute Dose alculate a route dose for he log data on this sheet Particle fluence rates are obtained in the results taf Read a certain log data or Read le look a sample ta with the p Excel format Look sample E Please look the Parameters sheet to check or change the flight condition data such as airport names locations an2. E AL X m dh or ARO O A JISC AR Japanese Internet System for Calculation of Aviation Route Doses HOME gt JISCARD Options gt AIRPORT SEARCH ET zz j 2852 8 AIRPORT SEARCH z ams for JISCARD EX Personal Edition FE TEM g B Japanese Airport Chicago Ohare Internation City Chicago Search Country U S A oro Code ORD KORD Chicago Ohare International ORD KORD p Latitude 41 9794 Longitude 87 9044 Altitude 668 ft Select this airport Airport list Airports in the right area Central Illinois Regional BMI KBMI Chi Midway International MDW KMDW Chi are International IKOR Dane County Regional MSN KMSN aa d BNET TE Selected Airports E Chi i Plainfi ay ENR CW V Chicago Ohare International 7 ainne E A ORD KORD M Chubu Centrair International NGO RJGG Copy to the Clipboard Clear Policies and Notices in Japanese Site Map Inquiry 11 Gong back to the mainsheet then push Parameter Settings button in the left panel E3 Microsoft Excel JISCARD EX P xls HE E GE RTV BAD SRO D D YOM NAGI Adobe PDF B A f amp JISCARD EX Personal Editio
3. 2892 718 06 769 287 36000 pe 3 057 717 081 69 833 36000 Recd datafile Read 2 certain log data or 3 222 16 101 70 363 36000 5 or Ee EUN 3 387 15 119 70 888 36000 Look sample F 3 553 14136 71 408 36000 3 718 13 152 71 923 36000 m bathe hoot te dheck 3 883 12 166 72 435 36000 lease look the Parameters sheet to check or eem 4 048 11 18 72 943 36000 change the flight condition data such as airport names locations and flying time 4 213 10 192 73 447 36000 pz 4 378 8 204 73 948 36000 W About 3 4 543 8 215 74 447 36000 When Data files for reading is seen ts data an 4 709 7 225 74 943 36000 the MainSheet are used for calculation as default paucs 4874 6 235 75 437 36000 _ When another opened workbook is selected the data ea Sa v M gt Mn MainSheet Parameters gt 2407608619 A web tool AIRPORT SEARCH starts automatically on the web browser of your PC Internet Explorer 6 or more is recommended for this tool Adobe Flush 9 45 or more is also necessary URL http www nirs go jp research jiscard ex index aptsrch e html Input a part of airport or city name or code in the box and push by name or by code button respectively Clicking the full airport name that has appeared below the box you find a balloon in the right box area of Google Maps Check the information on the airport and if it is what you looked for click Select this
4. A summary report will be made soon E Microsoft Excel JISCARD EX P e xls iB E E RTV HAD SRO D QD VOW NAGY Adobe PDF D4 fe KORD B c SS o Se eS ae O O JISCARD EX Personal Edition ver 1 0 JISCARDE X Personal Edition Access the web program AIRPORT SEARCH Please choose departing and arriving airports and copy them to the clipboard g Airport Search on Web Set calculation condtions for Parameter the flight between the air Settings ports selected above The great circle interval is 1 Omin 3 Data files for reading i Choose another log data file if necessarv Route Dose 4 CEEA alculate a route dose for y E 103 882 the log data on this sheet j 105 306 1 06 783 108 315 109 905 Read a certain log data or j a Read datafile look a sample data with the SE COUR i i 113 262 Look sample celia nma 115 034 7116 87 118 771 H Please look the Parameters sheet to check or 120 737 change the flight condition data such as airport s E ZEGHE names locations and flving time EROS WB About 3 i 3 127 027 When Data files for reading is seen the data on b 1 129 25 the MainSheet are used for calculation as default i 131 534 When another opened workbook is selected the data 4 gt Mn MainSheet Parameters Output Flux Particle fluence rates are obtained in the re
5. airport in the balloon AIRPORT SEARCH for JISCARD Windows Internet Explorer DEAR oo v 48 http webnirs eojp h yasuda research jiscard ex index aptsrc 4 X Gooele P We Fe gaf mraman g macro sons e AL x R B A gt vo ISCAR Japanese Internet System for Calculation of Aviation Route Doses HOME gt JISCARD Options gt AIRPORT SEARCH AIRPORT SEARCH oer EX Personal Edition Airport Chubu Centrair Internationd City Nagoya Search Country Japan NGO JE Code NGO RJGG Chubu Centrair international Ti GS JE Paninda seen Longitude 136 8145 Altitude 13 ft Airport list Airports in the right area Ch ntrair International NGO RJGG Kansai International KIX RJBB j mu b Matsumoto MMJ RJAF we e 4 4 P m Selected Airports Komatsu KMQ RJNK Policies and Notices in Japanese Site Map Inquiry 10 After selecting both departing arriving airports click Copy to the Clipboard at the bottom in the left box AIRPORT SEARCH for JISCARD Windows Internet Explorer BAE oo AA 58 http web nirs go jp h_yasuda research jiscard ex index_aptsn v 4 X Goo II we e8 M amait 8 macro 44 JISC
6. for advertising or promotional purposes etc If you need permissions you can send an e mail to the manufacturer airdose nirs go jp Results obtained using this program may be published or distributed externally as long as you refer to this guide in the following style 1 Hiroshi Yasuda JISCARD EX Personal Edition User s Manual ver 1 0 2008 http www nirs go jp research jiscard ex manual e pdf The program should be considered as a personal tool and not used for administrative purposes The calculation algorithms data or parameters may have some errors that we have not yet identified No responsibility is assumed by the manufacturer for any injury and or damage to persons or property from any use or operation of the program or data contained in this work The program is carefully tested with Microsoft Excel 2003 and Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP and confirmed to be safe for normal operation of other software operating system and PC However there could be errors in user with other software PCs and or printers It is impossible to test the program on the full spectrum of those combinations The program may be changed for further improvement without notice As results some part of figures and instructions in this document may be different from reality 2 How to Use the Program First access the web page for downloading the program http www nirs go jp research jiscard ex index ex e html Next click Progra
7. with EPCARD 9 and SIEVERT 10 though the results are not shown here The main reason for these results is due to the recent revision of the radiation weighting factor wg values 2 The wg values for neutrons are considerably lower than those in the 1990 recommendations 1 Also the difference is attributable to employment of the new model for radiation transport 5 which improved the accuracy for estimation of neutron energy spectra particularly for cosmic ray neutrons with energies greater than 10MeV 17 250 CARI 6 BB JISCARD EX 200 pu 190 o fe gt 100 LLI 50 hukMMMMMl Q0 2 roaoozoz an oxmu L OFSUZIEmOZOBZOQOZE Sug tOsz Qd SiO xOgjgEmrro mmrzomNodsn0230zrouwOoi ugd rry NS gt gt z OO ws tei Destination airport Fig 2 Comparison of the effective doses calculated with CARI 6 and JISCARD EX for 33 round trip international flights between major cities and Tokyo Narita airport It should be noted that difference of ambient dose equivalent between JISCARD EX and other programs becomes smaller than that of effective dose since the H 10 values obtained with JISCARD EX are about 20 higher than effective doses Comparison with other programs for route dose calculation 8 11 may be valuable in discussing the uncertainties which accompany to cosmic radiation dosimetry i e nuclear re
8. GCR around the Earth are given from the local interstellar LIS spectra the model of Nymmik et al 7 coupled with modified empirical parameters based on the force field formalism The newest version which will be effective until 2010 is used Effects of solar modulation are evaluated with 16 AIRPORT SEARCH According to the Rc values and GCR spectra that were independently estimated cosmic radiation dose rates at passing points are calculated with the PHITS based Analytical Radiation Model in the Atmosphere PARMA developed by Sato et al 5 PARMA can calculate cosmic radiation doses in the atmosphere in a short time as precisely as Monte Carlo simulation PHITS code can Total effective dose and 1cm ambient dose equivalent are obtained as integrals of dose rates along the flight path 3 2 Comparison with Other Programs Several programs are now available for route dose calculation such as CARI 6 8 EPCARD 9 SIEVERT 10 and PCAIRE 11 The characteristics of these models including properties of other models and services are well explained in a report by the European Radiation Dosimetry Group 12 In Fig 2 effective doses calculated with JISCARD EX are compared to those with CARI 6 for selected international flights The estimations of JISCARD EX are 20 50 30 in average lower than those with CARI 6 no higher value was found The effective doses obtained with JISCARD EX are lower also than those
9. JISCARD EX Personal Edition User s Manual ver 1 0 http www nirs go jp research jiscard ex index_ex_e html Hiroshi Yasuda National Institute of Radiological Sciences 49 c NIRS October 20th 2008 The names of companies commercial products or services referred in this document are generally trademarks or trade names of manufacturers 2008 Hiroshi Yasuda National Institute of Radiological Sciences Index LNotices for LIB udo vs prete oed tue a o ee ll 3 2 How to Use The Program caeno ote EI EE 4 2 1 When flight path is known codes xe cave IN HT RR d rd eer riv be gre RR wate 6 2 2 When flight path is unknown cereos ade nate erede oec nee ie ete Erde 9 3 Progranm Descbipblotiso s ue bitu tatus init APA Stan EE idee Doble an aeh 15 3 1 Outline of the program usato Ee te WE ed poa eee aUe in eg ed 15 3 2 Comparison with Other Programs esses enne 17 AcknowledgementS soc ee Ra E23 19 R fe erenGeS D 19 1 Notices for Use The program JISCARD EX Personal Edition is developed by National Institute of Radiological Sciences NIRS Any materials codes databases figures and documents of this program belong to the manufacturer NIRS and the author of this document and protected by national copyright laws Copies of the program may be made for personal use as allowed by the copyright laws Permission of the manufacturer is required for all other use including multiple or systematic copying copying
10. Radiation Model in the Atmosphere Radiat Res 170 244 259 2008 6 COSMIC RAY GROUP PHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY OF BERN http cosray unibe ch laurent magnetocosmics 7 NYMMIK R A PANASYUK M I PERVAJA T I AND SUSLOV A A A model of galactic cosmic ray fluxes Nucl Tracks Radiat Meas 20 427 429 1992 19 8 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Radiobiology Research Team web page http www faa gov education research research med humanfacs aeromedical radi obiology cari6 index cfm 9 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH EPCARD http www gsf de epcard2 index en phtml 10 SIEVERT web page http www sievert system org WebMasters en index html 11 PCAIRE Inc http www pcaire com 12 EUROPEAN RADIATION DOSIMETRY GROUP Cosmic radiation exposure of aircraft crew compilation of measured and calculated data A report of EURADOS Working Group 5 European Commission Luxembourg 2004 20 JISCARD EX Personal Edition ver 1 0 User s Manual Publisher National Institute of Radiological Sciences 9 1 Anagawa 4 Inage ku Chiba 263 8555 Japan Author Hiroshi Yasuda Research Center for Radiation Protection National Institute of Radiological Sciences E mail airdose nirs go jp Web page http www nirs go jp research jiscard ex index_ex_e html A part of this document could be changed without notice This work is protected by copyright laws internationally 21
11. Sheet are used for calculation as default When another opened wo selected the data M gt MairSheet Parameters JISCARD Personal Edition 2407608619 2 1 When flight path is known Input a log data of flight path time from departure latitude longitude and altitude to the mainsheet cells Also input other information on airport locations departing time and cruising time to another Parameter sheet The information on airports can be obtained using a web tool AIRPORT SEARCH as explained in the next chapter Ej oso e ARD Pie m E REO RTV BAO ERO F D MD NAG AJPH Adobe PDF B wie wx A2 X f B c D E F G H a This worksheet shows flight information relating to the log data on the MainSheet The information on departure arrival airports can be taken from 1 the web program AIRPORT SEAROH M Country Airport Code Latitude Longitude Altitude f Mileage 3 Departure Argentina Ministro Pistarini InternaciojS AEZ EZE 34 8222 58 5358 67 5317 4 Arrival US A Dallas Fort Worth Internatio KOFW DFW 328964 97 0375 603 5 6 Depature time Gyyy MM dd hh mm 2008 10 18 13 34 7 Ascending time min 15 8 Descending time min 20 9 Onboard time hh mm 1129 10 Cruising altitude feet 36000 11 Time interval for great circle route min
12. actions of high energy particles up to GeV Finally this program is expected to be a useful tool for educational purposes to facilitate understanding of natural radiation in the environment and also radiation exposure in aircraft 18 Acknowledgements The author thanks Dr Tatsuhiko Sato Japan Atomic Energy Agency for his great efforts to develop the PARMA code Sincere appreciation is expressed to Mr Masato Terakado Mr Susumu Ryufuku and Mr Takumi Ajima Visible Information Center Inc for technical cooperation in the program development References 1 INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION The 1990 Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection Publication 60 Pergamon Press Oxford 1991 2 INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION The 2007 Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection Publication 103 Pergamon Press Oxford 2007 3 EUROPEAN UNION Council Directive 96 29 EURATOM of 13 May 1996 laying down the basic safety standards for protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionizing radiation Off J Eur Commun L159 1996 4 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION CULTURE SPORTS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY http www mext go jp b menu shingi housha sonota 06051009 htm in Japanese 5 SATO T YASUDA H NIITA K ENDO A AND SIHVER L Development of PARMA PHITS based Analytical
13. d flying time E About 3 When Data files for reading is seen the data on the MainSheet are used for calculation as default When another opened workbook is selected the data M 4 gt Anh MainShee d zi 2407608619 Shortly calculation results including flight conditions route doses effective dose andlcm ambient dose equivalent solar magnetic potential trend graphs dose rate altitude and geomagnetic cut off rigidity potential and the figure of flight route are automatically summarized in report style on another worksheet as shown below JISCARDEX Personal Edition 1 Date amp Time 2 Departure 3 Arriving 4 Fying time 5 Solar potential 6 Route dose Erate H 10 rate Altitude Cut off rigidity Calculation results 2008 10 18 13 34 Ministro Pistarini Internacional SAEZ EZE Argentina Dallas Fort Worth International KDFW DFW U S A 11 29 Mileage 5317 Miles 406 756 MV Effective dose E Ambient dose eq H 1 2 45E 02 mSv 2 94E 02 mSv Date 2008 10 18 Program JISCARD EX v1 Username Parma Jiscard Time vs Dose rate from SAEZ_EZE to KDFW DFW 4 00E 04 E 300404 20404 10404 000E 00 1 5CE 01 S 1 006401 amp 500400 0 00 00 2 2 When flight path is unknown When flight path data are unavailable you can get geographical information of airpo
14. es for raading MainSheet E CP RUNG E AEST ES BRIBES N Miam Parameters Parameter o Settings 12 A pop up panel shows information on flight conditions such as airport locations flying date and time are displayed as shown below Great circle route is calculated for points with 10min intervals in default Output to mainsheet button Flight information r Airport r Departure Airport Chicago Ohare International Code KORD ORD Country US A Latitude Longitude Altitude ft 41 9794 879044 668 Reverse the airports Calculation conditions Flight conditions Departure time Arriving time Flying time Mileage Direct 2008 10 18 13 24 2008 10 19 0312 13 hour 48 min 6473 Miles After confirmation and necessary modification push m Arrival Airport Chubu Centrair International Code RJGG NGO Country Japan Latitude Longitude Altitude 34 859 136 8145 13 Put the airports Flying pattern Ascending time 15 min Descending time 29 min 36000 c 28000 Cruising altitude feet feet Great circle intervals Points are given at 10 min intervals 13 Flight path data along the great circle route are automatically given on the mainsheet cells Now you can push Route Dose Calculation button for the calculation of route dose
15. f Microsoft Excel as Medium Next input the password to a box In advance you need set the macro security For the first time or if you forgot the password please send an e mail to the manufacturer airdose nirs go jp with the subject of password request Soon after password input the MainSheet below appears on the display Ej oso e S m iB 274 RRO RTV HAO RO FAO D YOM NAGI HD Adobe PDF B EENNLT ZO 28x D4 fe SAEZ B o EE EA Ss ary NI n Airport Search on Web lo Parameter Settings Output Flux d E Read datafile 5 or Look sample ISCARD EX Personal Edition ver 1 0 Access the web program AIRPORT SEARCH Please choose departing and arriving airports and copy them to the clipboard Set calculation condtions for the flight between the air ports selected above The great circle interval is 1 Omin a Data files for reading E Route Dose 4 Calculaiton Choose another log data file if necessary Calculate a route dose for the log data on this sheet Particle fluence rates are obtained in the results Read a certain log data or look a sample cata with the Excel format W Please look the Parameters sheet to check or change the flight condition data such as airport names locations and flying time WB About 3 When Data files for reading is seen the data on the Main
16. m files and download the archive program ZIP file to your PC JISCARD EX Personal Edition Windows Internet Explorer BAE G e ed 5s htip webnirs sop h yasuda research jiscard ex index ex e x le E MEM pi Ve Be 4 JISCARD EX Personal Edition A D EAO Q o Q JISCAR Japanese Internet System for Calculation of Aviation Route Doses Home JISCARD HOME gt JISCARD EX Personal Edition English version JISCARD EX Personal Edition English version Japanese version JISCARD EX Personal Edition is the program for the calculation of aviation route doses between any airports in the world You need a password to open the downloaded program Excel file Please send an e mail to the manufacturer Cairdose at nirs go jp for request This program runs on Microsoft Excel 2003 2007 and Microsoft Windows XP Vista The tool for aiport search AIRPORT SEARCH runs on the following web browsers Internet Explorer 6 0 or more Firefox 2 x or more Adobe Flush 9 0 45 0 or more Extract the ZIP file and then open an Excel file JISCARD EX P e xls As to macro setting make the macro function effective level o
17. n ver 1 0 JISCARD EX Personal Edition ver 1 0 JSC Personal ARDEX KLAX 0 i 118 408 126 Airport Search AIRPORT SEAROHI pu 5 116 428 36000 D rpo Soag 2 115 106 36000 on 2 113 781 36000 lt E 5 i 112 451 36000 1 111418 36000 TU Fol EO EMI ALES j j 109 782 36000 1 J 108 443 36000 GARS D ps 107 102 36000 REDE l 105 759 36000 el Data files for reading T 104 416 36000 1 t 103 071 36000 101727 36000 100382 36000 Route Dose E IIIS Caluaton E RLICHUS ERO 99 039 36000 i 97 697 36000 TE du 8 96 356 36000 93 682 36000 e 2 5 36000 e Read gaani i 5 36000 Look sample CK xls I i 36000 36000 36000 Parameters 8 1 84427 1026 1 Data fil
18. rts from an original program Push the Airport Search on Web button on the mainsheet E oso e ARD Pe m iS E E RTV BAD BO 7 50 D MD NAGY AJH Adobe PDF B REALE X D4 fe SAEZ Al 8 SS a JISCARD EX Personal Edition ver 1 0 J SCA RD EX Personal Edition 2 3 Access the web program SAEZ 0 34 822 58 536 67 Bicis LAIRPORT SEARCH Please Eras 025 33413 59 607 36000 1 SUME goose departing and arriving 0415 32477 60 286 36000 Birpnrts and copy them to 0 58 31 536 60 971 36000 the clipboard 0 745 30 592 61 633 36000 Eeccalculsti dti fi 0 91 29 644 62 282 36000 et calculation condtions for 1 075 28 693 62 919 36000 2 Parameter the flight between the air E Settings ports selected above The 1 241 27 739 63 545 36000 great circle interval is 10min 1 406 26 782 64 159 36000 1 571 25 822 64 764 36000 3 Data files for reading 1 736 24 859 65 359 36000 4 Choose another log data pz 1 901 23 895 65 945 36000 file if necessary 2 066 22 927 66 523 36000 Paes Dasa 2 231 21 958 67 092 36000 Calculaiton Calculate a route dose for 2397 20 986 67 654 36000 the log data on this sheet juara 2562 20012 68 208 36000 n 2 727 718 037 68 756 36000 Output Flux Particle fluence rates are obtained in the results
19. sults 2920875924 Other boxes and buttons on the mainsheet are for optional use Please ask the manufacturer airdose nirs go jp for questions 14 3 Program Description Cosmic radiation intensities at aviation altitude 10 12km are much higher than those on the ground and most of aircraft crew receive additional doses of more than 1mSv per year ie the dose limit recommended for the general public Accordingly ICRP states that radiation exposure during the operation of jet aircraft should be considered as occupational exposure 1 2 This recommendation has been followed most in Europe the European Union EU has made a directive which orders member countries to perform assessments of cosmic radiation exposure for aircraft crew 3 In Japan the government has requested domestic airline companies to follow the guidelines made by the Radiation Council in 2006 4 which states that annual aviation doses of aircraft crew are to be kept below 5mSv per year The National Institute of Radiological Sciences NIRS has helped the airline companies to follow this guideline particularly for calculation of aviation route doses As a by product of this work this personal use program named as JISCARD EX Personal Edition has been developed 3 1 Outline of the program This program is written with Excel VBA Visual Basic for Applications language and runs on the platform of Microsoft Excel 2003 2007 The dose rate a
20. t a point in the atmosphere is calculated using newly recommended radiation weighting factors 2 with a new analytical model that 1s recently developed in Japan 5 The flow of tasks for route dose calculation is shown in Fig 1 To use this program just open an Excel file with a default name of JISCARD EX P e xls On the first mainsheet as explained in the previous chapter you can select one of three procedures according to how much flight path data are available Also as another procedure a CSV format data file of flight path can be uploaded from memory devices 15 JISCARD EX P xls V4 x Main program Select a procedur Input flight log data and other parameters Is the route interpolation necessary Calculate a great circle route Original web program to get Determine departing and arriving airports Calculate a great circle route Set other parameter values Calculate a route dose using PARMA and output results Userfile xls report route condition etc Fig 1 The task flow of route dose calculation using JISCARD EX Geomagnetic cut off rigidities Rc at passing points are calculated with a GEANT4 base particle tracing code MAGNETOCOSMICS 6 developed by the cosmic ray group of the University of Bern here The incident particle spectra of galactic cosmic rays
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