Atmospheric conditions at the site of a cosmic ray observatory must be known for reconstructing observed extensive air showers. The Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS) is a global atmospheric model predicated on meteorological measurements and numerical weather predictions. GDAS provides altitude-dependent profiles of the main state variables of the atmosphere like temperature, pressure, and humidity. The original data and their application to the air shower reconstruction of the Pierre Auger Observatory are described. By comparisons with radiosonde and weather station measurements obtained on-site in Malargüe and averaged monthly models, the utility of the GDAS data is shown. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Documento: | Artículo |
Título: | Description of atmospheric conditions at the Pierre Auger Observatory using the Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS) |
Autor: | Multitudinario:501 |
Filiación: | Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF, CONICET, Argentina Departamento de Física, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires y CONICET, Argentina IFLP, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, CONICET, La Plata, Argentina Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina Instituto de Física de Rosario (IFIR), CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U.N.R., Rosario, Argentina Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartí culas (CNEA CONICET UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina National Technological University, Faculty Mendoza (CONICET/CNEA), Mendoza, Argentina Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Malargüe, Argentina Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, São Carlos, SP, Brazil Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, São Paulo, SP, Brazil Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP, Brazil Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Brazil Universidade Estadual Do Sudoeste da Bahia, Vitoria da Conquista, BA, Brazil Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil Universidade Federal Do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Universidade Federal Fluminense, EEIMVR, Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil Rudjer Boškovi'c Institute, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Prague, Czech Republic Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic Palacky University, RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC), Université Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Joseph Fourier, INPG, Grenoble, France SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus North, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus North, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus South, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, INFN, Genova, Italy Università dell'Aquila, INFN, L'Aquila, Italy Università di Milano, Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università del Salento, Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy Università di Napoli Federico II, Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy Università di Roma II Tor Vergata, Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy Università di Catania, Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy Università di Torino, Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Innovazione, Università del Salento, Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo (INAF), Palermo, Italy Istituto di Fisica Dello Spazio Interplanetario (INAF), Università di Torino, Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila), Italy Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV), México, DF, Mexico Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, DF, Mexico IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands ASTRON, Dwingeloo, Netherlands Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland LIP, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal 'Horia Hulubei' National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania University of Bucharest, Physics Department, Romania University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universitat de Valncia, Valencia, Spain Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain Universidad de Granada, C.A.F.P.E., Granada, Spain Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, United Kingdom Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, United States Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States Colorado State University, Pueblo, CO, United States Fermilab, Batavia, IL, United States Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States New York University, New York, NY, United States Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, IL, United States University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, United States University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology (INST), Hanoi, Viet Nam University of Maryland, United States Universitéde Lausanne, Switzerland University, Kobe, Japan NYU, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
Palabras clave: | Atmospheric models; Atmospheric monitoring; Cosmic rays; Extensive air showers; Air showers; Atmospheric conditions; Atmospheric model; Atmospheric monitoring; Extensive air showers; Global atmospheric models; Global data assimilation system; Meteorological measurements; Numerical weather prediction; Pierre Auger observatory; State variables; Weather stations; Augers; Buildings; Cosmic rays; Observatories; Atmospheric humidity |
Año: | 2012 |
Volumen: | 35 |
Número: | 9 |
Página de inicio: | 591 |
Página de fin: | 607 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2011.12.002 |
Título revista: | Astroparticle Physics |
Título revista abreviado: | Astropart. Phys. |
ISSN: | 09276505 |
CODEN: | APHYE |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_09276505_v35_n9_p591_Multitudinario |