Miniaturized atmospheric ionization detector

Autor:	Aplin, Karen, Briggs, Aaron, Baird, Adam, Hastings, Peter, Harrison, R. Giles, Marlton, Graeme
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors Physics - Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	A small scintillator-based detector for atmospheric ionization measurements has been developed, partly in response to a need for better ionization data in the weather-forming regions of the atmosphere and partly with the intention of producing a commercially available device. The device can measure both the count rate and energy of atmospheric ionizing radiation. Here we report results of a test flight over the UK in December 2017 where the detector was flown with two Geiger counters on a meteorological radiosonde. The count rate profile with height was consistent both with the Geigers and with previous work. The energy of incoming ionizing radiation increased substantially with altitude. Comment: Proc 18th Conference on Atmospheric Electricity, Nara, Japan, June 2018
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1804.07532 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv