Does solar radiation increases with altitude in lower atmosphere?
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You might want to review these web pages:
Ionosphere info:
http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/ion1.h...
This is a google HTML version of a PDF file:
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:ntd...
If this doesn't answer your questions, at least it should provide you with some ideas on where to look next :)
um.im not sure but y wouldnt it be?
i think u would have to go a bit above the ozone layer if u want seirous results.
all i no that is the higher u go, the colder it gets, eg., 25.000m=-126'C
It's not so much solar radiation as cosmic ray dose, and in the lower atmosphere that is dominated by muons produced when comic rays strike atmospheric gases. As you go up there's less atmosphere above you to protect you.
Cosmic ray dose at sea level is about 300 microSv per year (0.034 microSv per hour). At the cruising altitude of many long range aircraft, around 10,000 to 11,000 metres, the dose rate can be in the range of 2 to 5 microSv per hour (about 18 to 44 milliSv per year). The lower rates are around the equator, the higher rates near the poles. This is due to the effect of the Earth's magnetic field which can deflect the low energy charged particles (and these are mainly from the Sun) towards the poles. Also, at this altitude the neutron dose is becoming more significant.
Check out the UNSCEAR (UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation) website. You can access their reports for free (but they are large downloads) Look for Annex B from the 2000 report, that's the Annex that deals with dose levels from natural sources of radiation.
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