Current status and possible extension of the global neutron monitor network |
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Author: | Mishev, Alexander1,2; Usoskin, Ilya1,2 |
Organizations: |
1Space Physics and Astronomy Research Unit, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland 2Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, University of Oulu, 99600 Sodankylä, Finland |
Format: | article |
Version: | published version |
Access: | open |
Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 1.7 MB) |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2020052939743 |
Language: | English |
Published: |
EDP Sciences,
2020
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Publish Date: | 2020-05-29 |
Description: |
AbstractThe global neutron monitor network has been successfully used over several decades to study cosmic ray variations and fluxes of energetic solar particles. Nowadays, it is used also for space weather purposes, e.g. alerts and assessment of the exposure to radiation. Here, we present the current status of the global neutron monitor network. We discuss the ability of the global neutron monitor network to study solar energetic particles, specifically during large ground level enhancements. We demonstrate as an example, the derived solar proton characteristics during ground level enhancements GLE #5 and the resulting effective dose over the globe at a typical commercial jet flight altitude of 40 kft (≈12,200 m) above sea level. We present a plan for improvement of space weather services and applications of the global neutron monitor network, specifically for studies related to solar energetic particles, namely an extension of the existing network with several new monitors. We discuss the ability of the optimized global neutron monitor network to study various populations of solar energetic particles and to provide reliable space weather services. see all
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Series: |
Journal of space weather and space climate |
ISSN: | 2115-7251 |
ISSN-E: | 2115-7251 |
ISSN-L: | 2115-7251 |
Volume: | 10 |
Article number: | 17 |
DOI: | 10.1051/swsc/2020020 |
OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1051/swsc/2020020 |
Type of Publication: |
B1 Journal article |
Field of Science: |
115 Astronomy and space science |
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Funding: |
This work was supported by the Academy of Finland (project 321882 ESPERA) and (project 304435 CRIPA-X). |
Academy of Finland Grant Number: |
321882 304435 |
Detailed Information: |
321882 (Academy of Finland Funding decision) 304435 (Academy of Finland Funding decision) |
Dataset Reference: |
The NM data were retrieved from the international GLE database (http://gle.oulu.fi/#/). Oulu NM data are also available at http://cosmicrays.oulu.fi. |
http://gle.oulu.fi/#/ http://cosmicrays.oulu.fi |
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Copyright information: |
© A. Mishev & I. Usoskin, Published by EDP Sciences 2020. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |