Attention:
Please note: The system works autonomously and needs minimum attention. Scientific co-use by Desy Zeuthen. Data transfer once per day.
Summary
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.
vessel:polarstern:neutron_monitor (1433)
Manufacturer | Northwest University, Potchefstroom, South Africa |
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Model | |
Serial No. | n/a |
Type | small scale facility |
Contacts
Name | Institution | Role |
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Bernd Heber | Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel (Department of Physics, Extraterrestrial Physics) | Principal Investigator |
Components
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).
Position
Info | no xyz-position given, device located in A112 |
Data logging, storage and archiving
Logged parameters
Parameter | Sensor Output Type | Unit |
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amount of cosmic particles | amount | number |
Central geographical ship's position and time standard
Time synchronising is regulated via GPS.
Geographical ship's position via GPS.
Geographical ship's position via GPS.
Rawdata storage on board
Raw data (are stored on the laptop (/home/Muonic/Yearday_min.txt) and on the cards of each sensor unit.
Data volume ca 1 MB (ca 3 files) per day.
Data volume ca 1 MB (ca 3 files) per day.
Data archiving on land
Data are archived in the institutes electronic archive and at DESY.
File format(s) |
ASCII |
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Calibration certificates |
NO |
Documentation
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NeutronMonitor_manual (User Manual, 2 MB)
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Mini Neutron Monitors at Concordia Research Station, Central Antarctica (Article, 2 MB)
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A calibration neutron monitor - Statistical accuracy and environmental sensitivity (Article, 35 kB)
The paper describes the characteristics of a pair of calibration neutron monitors that were developed to intercalibrate the count rates of the worldwide neutron monitors against each other. -
A calibration neutron monitor - Energy response and instrumental temperature sensitivity (Article, 40 kB)
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First Results of a Mobile Neutron Monitor to Intercalibrate the Worldwide Network (Article, 39 kB)
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Mini neutron monitor measurements at the Neumayer III station and on the German research vessel Polarstern (Article, 956 kB)