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-A Python toolkit for calculating dose rates in Earth's atmosphere based on any incoming proton or alpha particle spectra, with any pitch angle distribution. 
+A Python toolkit for calculating dose rates and aircraft electronics upset rates in Earth's atmosphere based on any incoming proton or alpha particle spectra, with any pitch angle distribution. 
 
 **N.B. Currently this tool only runs on Linux-based machines (not on Windows), and requires a copy of [MAGNETOCOSMICS](http://cosray.unibe.ch/~laurent/magnetocosmics/) to be installed.**