ResourceName
Australian Space Weather Services Kingston Cosmic Ray
ReleaseDate
2021-03-29 17:14:50Z
Description
Cosmic rays consist mainly of protons of extremely high energies. They can originate from galactic sources or from the Sun. Cosmic rays are observed indirectly. At the lowest energies able to reach the Erath's surface this is achieved by a device known as a neutron monitor. When cosmic ray particles enter the Earth's atmosphere they interact with the nuclei of the air molecules to produce secondary radiation. At the lowest accessible energies this consists of a shower of protons, nuclear fragments and neutrons whilst at higher energies it made up of pions (which decay to muons). The neutrons predominate in this secondary radiation because the protons and nuclear fragments, being charged are more easily attenuated in subsequent travel. The neutron monitor is designed to detect these secondary neutrons. The SWS WDC archives Cosmic Ray data obtained from Kingston in Tasmania, and Mawson in Antarctica. The first Cosmic Ray data file from Kingston was obtained on 30/06/2004.
Acknowledgement
We are thankful to the Australian Antarctic Division for the observations of Kingston Cosmic Ray data.
Contacts
InformationURL
Name
Documentation
URL
Description
includes descriptions of station, data formats and examples.
Language
en
RepositoryID
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
World Data Centre: Data Display and Download: Cosmic Ray
URL
Style
Search
Description
includes browse display interface, button to get daily data file and link to data availability chart
Language
en
AccessURL
Name
Real Time Information
URL
Style
File
Description
Online viewer of real time Cosmic Ray data, and Cosmic Ray Data Applications to Space Weather Forecasting.
Language
en
AccessURL
Name
Access to Cosmic Ray data (not with most browsers)
URL
Style
Listing
Description
Access to the station Cosmic Ray data data of Kingston and a README file.
Language
en
Format
Text
Encoding
None
The Cosmic Ray data are processed data and are uncalibrated.