Satellite data for atmospheric monitoring at the Pierre Auger Observatory

0564870 - FZÚ 2023 RIV IT eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Abreu, A. - Aglietta, M. - Albury, J.M. - Bakalová, Alena - Blažek, Jiří - Boháčová, Martina - Chudoba, Jiří - Ebr, Jan - Hamal, Petr - Janeček, Petr - Juryšek, Jakub - Mandát, Dušan - Palatka, Miroslav - Pech, Miroslav - Prouza, Michael - Řídký, Jan - dos Santos, Eva M. Martins - Schovánek, Petr - Tobiška, Petr - Trávníček, Petr - Vícha, Jakub - Yushkov, Alexey … Total 373 authors
Satellite data for atmospheric monitoring at the Pierre Auger Observatory.
Proceedings of Science. Vol. 395. Trieste: Sissa Medilab srl, 2022, č. článku 235. ISSN 1824-8039.
[International Cosmic Ray Conference /37./. Berlin (DE), 12.07.2021-23.07.2021]
Research Infrastructure: AUGER-CZ II - 90102
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : night-time cloud detection * aerosol cross-checking
OECD category: Particles and field physics
https://pos.sissa.it/395/235/pdf

Atmospheric monitoring over the 3000 km2 of the Pierre Auger Observatory can be supplemented by satellite data. Methods for night-time cloud detection and aerosol cross-checking were created using the GOES-16 and Aeolus satellites, respectively. The geostationary GOES-16 satellite provides a 100% up-time view of the cloud cover over the observatory. GOES-13 was used until the end of 2017 for cloud monitoring, but with its retirement a method based on GOES-16 data was developed. The GOES-16 cloud detection method matches the observatory’s vertical laser cloud detection method at a rate of ∼90%. The Aeolus satellite crosses the Pierre Auger Observatory several times throughout the year firing UV-laser shots. The laser beams leave a track of scattered light in the atmosphere that can be observed by the light sensors of the observatory fluorescence telescopes.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0336436