Title
Description of atmospheric conditions at the Pierre Auger Observatory using the Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS)
Date Issued
01 April 2012
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Abreu P.
Aglietta M.
Ahlers M.
Ahn E.J.
Albuquerque I.F.M.
Allard D.
Allekotte I.
Allen J.
Allison P.
Almela A.
Alvarez Castillo J.
Alvarez-Muñiz J.
Ambrosio M.
Aminaei A.
Anchordoqui L.
Andringa S.
Antičic T.
Aramo C.
Arganda E.
Arqueros F.
Asorey H.
Assis P.
Aublin J.
Ave M.
Avenier M.
Avila G.
Bäcker T.
Badescu A.M.
Balzer M.
Barber K.B.
Barbosa A.F.
Bardenet R.
Barroso S.L.C.
Baughman B.
Bäuml J.
Beatty J.J.
Becker B.R.
Becker K.H.
Bellétoile A.
Bellido J.A.
Benzvi S.
Berat C.
Bertou X.
Biermann P.L.
Billoir P.
Blanco F.
Blanco M.
Bleve C.
Blümer H.
Boháčová M.
Boncioli D.
Bonifazi C.
Bonino R.
Borodai N.
Brack J.
Brancus I.
Brogueira P.
Brown W.C.
Bruijn R.
Buchholz P.
Bueno A.
Burton R.E.
Caballero-Mora K.S.
Caccianiga B.
Caramete L.
Caruso R.
Castellina A.
Catalano O.
Cataldi G.
Cazon L.
Cester R.
Chauvin J.
Cheng S.H.
Chiavassa A.
Chinellato J.A.
Chirinos Diaz J.
Chudoba J.
Clay R.W.
Coluccia M.R.
Conceião R.
Contreras F.
Cook H.
Cooper M.J.
Coppens J.
Cordier A.
Coutu S.
Covault C.E.
Creusot A.
Criss A.
Cronin J.
Curutiu A.
Dagoret-Campagne S.
Dallier R.
Daniel B.
Dasso S.
Daumiller K.
Dawson B.R.
De Almeida R.M.
De Domenico M.
De Donato C.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier
Abstract
Atmospheric conditions at the site of a cosmic ray observatory must be known for reconstructing observed extensive air showers. The Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS) is a global atmospheric model predicated on meteorological measurements and numerical weather predictions. GDAS provides altitude-dependent profiles of the main state variables of the atmosphere like temperature, pressure, and humidity. The original data and their application to the air shower reconstruction of the Pierre Auger Observatory are described. By comparisons with radiosonde and weather station measurements obtained on-site in Malargüe and averaged monthly models, the utility of the GDAS data is shown. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Start page
591
End page
607
Volume
35
Issue
9
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Meteorología y ciencias atmosféricas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84862801144
Source
Astroparticle Physics
ISSN of the container
09276505
Sponsor(s)
We are very grateful to the following agencies and organizations for financial support: Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Fundación Antorchas, Gobierno De La Provincia de Mendoza, Municipalidad de Malargüe, NDM Holdings and Valle Las Leñas, in gratitude for their continuing cooperation over land access, Argentina; the Australian Research Council; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), Ministério de Ciência e Tecnologia (MCT), Brazil; AVCR, AV0Z10100502 and AV0Z10100522, GAAV KJB300100801 and KJB100100904, MSMT-CR LA08016, LC527, 1M06002, and MSM0021620859, Czech Republic; Centre de Calcul IN2P3/CNRS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Conseil Régional Ile-de-France, Département Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire (PNC-IN2P3/CNRS), Département Sciences de l’Univers (SDU-INSU/CNRS), France; Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Finanzministerium Baden-Württemberg, Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF), Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (MIUR), Gran Sasso Center for Astroparticle Physics (CFA), Italy; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT), Mexico; Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), Netherlands; Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Grant Nos. 1 P03 D 014 30 and N N202 207238, Poland; Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal; Ministry for Higher Education, Science, and Technology, Slovenian Research Agency, Slovenia; Comunidad de Madrid, Consejería de Educación de la Comunidad de Castilla La Mancha, FEDER funds, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación and Consolider-Ingenio 2010 (CPAN), Generalitat Valenciana, Junta de Andalucía, Xunta de Galicia, Spain; Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom; Department of Energy, Contract Nos. DE-AC02–07CH11359, DE-FR02–04ER41300, National Science Foundation, Grant No. 0969400, The Grainger Foundation USA; ALFA-EC/ HELEN, European Union 6th Framework Program, Grant No. MEIF-CT-2005–025057, European Union 7th Framework Program, Grant No. PIEF-GA-2008–220240, and UNESCO.
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