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Neutron monitors are ground-based devices to measure the variation of cosmic ray intensities. The instrument is a counter designed to detect nucleonic components of cascades initiated by primary cosmic particles in the atmosphere.

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ManufacturerNorthwest University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Model
Serial No.n/a
Typesmall scale facility
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Contacts

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Name Institution Role
Bernd HeberChristian-Albrechts-University Kiel (Department of Physics, Extraterrestrial Physics)Principal Investigator


Components

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The system consitis of two sensor units with corresponding AD electronics, a GPS time and position synchronization and a Laptop for data analysis and storage. The system is described in Krüger et al. (2003, 2008, 2010, see: Documentation).

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Origin Description:no xyz-position given, device located in A112


Data logging, storage and archiving

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Parameter Sensor Output Type Unit
amount of cosmic particlesamountnumber


Central geographical ship's position and time standard

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