TY  - JOUR
A1  - Stevanato, Luca
A1  - Baroni, Gabriele
A1  - Oswald, Sascha
A1  - Lunardon, Marcello
A1  - Mareš, Vratislav
A1  - Marinello, Francesco
A1  - Moretto, Sandra
A1  - Polo, Matteo
A1  - Sartori, Paolo
A1  - Schattan, Paul
A1  - Rühm, Werner
T1  - An alternative incoming correction for cosmic-ray neutron sensing observations using local muon measurement
JF  - Geophysical research letters
N2  - 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.
KW  - CRNS
KW  - soil-moisture
KW  - neutrons
KW  - muons
KW  - cosmic-rays
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095383
SN  - 0094-8276
SN  - 1944-8007
VL  - 49
IS  - 6
PB  - American Geophysical Union
CY  - Washington
ER  -