@article{StevanatoBaroniOswaldetal.2022, author = {Stevanato, Luca and Baroni, Gabriele and Oswald, Sascha and Lunardon, Marcello and Mareš, Vratislav and Marinello, Francesco and Moretto, Sandra and Polo, Matteo and Sartori, Paolo and Schattan, Paul and R{\"u}hm, Werner}, title = {An alternative incoming correction for cosmic-ray neutron sensing observations using local muon measurement}, series = {Geophysical research letters}, volume = {49}, journal = {Geophysical research letters}, number = {6}, publisher = {American Geophysical Union}, address = {Washington}, issn = {0094-8276}, doi = {10.1029/2021GL095383}, pages = {9}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Measuring the variability of incoming neutrons locally would be usefull for the cosmic-ray neutron sensing (CRNS) method. As the measurement of high energy neutrons is not so easy, alternative particles can be considered for such purpose. Among them, muons are particles created from the same cascade of primary cosmic-ray fluxes that generate neutrons at the ground. In addition, they can be easily detected by small and relatively inexpensive detectors. For these reasons they could provide a suitable local alternative to incoming corrections based on remote neutron monitor data. The reported measurements demonstrated that muon detection system can detect incoming cosmic-ray variations locally. Furthermore the precision of this measurement technique is considered adequate for many CRNS applications.}, language = {en} }