Luca Stevanato, Gabriele Baroni, Sascha Oswald, Marcello Lunardon, Vratislav Mareš, Francesco Marinello, Sandra Moretto, Matteo Polo, Paolo Sartori, Paul Schattan, Werner Rühm
- 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.
Metadaten| Author details: | Luca StevanatoORCiD, Gabriele BaroniORCiD, Sascha OswaldORCiDGND, Marcello Lunardon, Vratislav Mareš, Francesco MarinelloORCiD, Sandra Moretto, Matteo Polo, Paolo SartoriORCiD, Paul SchattanORCiD, Werner Rühm |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095383 |
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| ISSN: | 0094-8276 |
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| ISSN: | 1944-8007 |
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| Title of parent work (English): | Geophysical research letters |
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| Publisher: | American Geophysical Union |
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| Place of publishing: | Washington |
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| Publication type: | Article |
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| Language: | English |
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| Date of first publication: | 2022/03/16 |
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| Publication year: | 2022 |
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| Release date: | 2024/05/30 |
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| Tag: | CRNS; cosmic-rays; muons; neutrons; soil-moisture |
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| Volume: | 49 |
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| Issue: | 6 |
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| Article number: | e2021GL095383 |
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| Number of pages: | 9 |
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| Funding institution: | European Union [213007]; Universita degli Studi di Padova within the; CRUI-CARE Agreement; IAEA Coordinated Research Project "Enhancing; agricultural resilience and water security using Cosmic-Ray Neutron; Sensor" [D1.20.14] |
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| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Geowissenschaften |
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| DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 55 Geowissenschaften, Geologie / 550 Geowissenschaften |
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| Peer review: | Referiert |
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| Publishing method: | Open Access / Hybrid Open-Access |
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| License (German): |  CC-BY-NC - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell 4.0 International |
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