Is there an instrumental drift in the counting rate of some high latitude neutron monitors?

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 493-499

  Ahluwalia, H S ^a   Ygbuhay, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Galactic cosmic rays; Global network; High latitude neutron monitors; Long term counting rate drift; Sunspot cycles

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET); NEUTRON DETECTORS; ORBITS; SPACE PROBES;

GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; GLOBAL NETWORKS; HIGH LATITUDE NEUTRON MONITORS; LONG-TERM COUNTING RATE DRIFTS; SUNSPOT CYCLES;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 84855765712     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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