Ionization in the atmosphere, comparison between measurements and simulations
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
2015-05-20 v2 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract
A survey of the data on measured particle fluxes and the rate of ionization in the atmosphere is presented. Measurements as a function of altitude, time and cut-off rigidity are compared with simulations of particle production from cosmic rays. The simulations generally give a reasonable representation of the data. However, some discrepancies are found. The solar modulation of the particle fluxes is measured and found to be a factor 2.70.8 greater than that observed for muons alone near sea level.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1012.0250,
title = {Ionization in the atmosphere, comparison between measurements and simulations},
author = {T. Sloan and G. A. Bazilevskaya and V. S. Makhmutov and Y. I. Stozhkov and A. K. Svirzhevskaya and N. S. Svirzhevsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.0250},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in Astrophysics and Space Science Transactions. Typographical errors fixed