Sudden stratospheric warmings seen in MINOS deep underground muon data


Autoria(s): OSPREY, S.; BARNETT, J.; SMITH, J.; ADAMSON, P.; ANDREOPOULOS, C.; ARMS, K. E.; ARMSTRONG, R.; AUTY, D. J.; AYRES, D. S.; BALLER, B.; BARNES JR., P. D.; BARR, G. D.; BARRETT, W. L.; BECKER, B. R.; BELIAS, A.; BERNSTEIN, R. H.; BHATTACHARYA, D.; BISHAI, M.; BLAKE, A.; BOCK, G. J.; BOEHM, J.; BOEHNLEIN, D. J.; BOGERT, D.; BOWER, C.; BUCKLEY-GEER, E.; CAVANAUGH, S.; CHAPMAN, J. D.; CHERDACK, D.; CHILDRESS, S.; CHOUDHARY, B. C.; COBB, J. H.; COLEMAN, S. J.; CULLING, A. J.; JONG, J. K. de; DIERCKXSENS, M.; DIWAN, M. V.; DORMAN, M.; DYTMAN, S. A.; ESCOBAR, C. O.; EVANS, J. J.; FALK, E.; FELDMAN, G. J.; FROHNE, M. V.; GALLAGHER, H. R.; GODLEY, A.; GOODMAN, M. C.; Gouffon, Philippe; GRAN, R.; GRASHORN, E. W.; GROSSMAN, N.; GRZELAK, K.; HABIG, A.; HARRIS, D.; HARRIS, P. G.; HARTNELL, J.; HATCHER, R.; HIMMEL, A.; HOLIN, A.; HYLEN, J.; IRWIN, G. M.; ISHITSUKA, M.; JAFFE, D. E.; JAMES, C.; JENSEN, D.; KAFKA, T.; KASAHARA, S. M. S.; KIM, J. J.; KOIZUMI, G.; KOPP, S.; KORDOSKY, M.; KOSKINEN, D. J.; KREYMER, A.; KUMARATUNGA, S.; LANG, K.; LING, J.; LITCHFIELD, P. J.; LITCHFIELD, R. P.; LOIACONO, L.; LUCAS, P.; MA, J.; MANN, W. A.; MARSHAK, M. L.; MARSHALL, J. S.; MAYER, N.; MCGOWAN, A. M.; MEIER, J. R.; MESSIER, M. D.; METELKO, C. J.; MICHAEL, D. G.; MILLER, L.; MILLER, W. H.; MISHRA, S. R.; MOORE, C. D.; MORFIN, J. G.; MUALEM, L.; MUFSON, S.; MUSSER, J.; NAPLES, D.; NELSON, J. K.; NEWMAN, H. B.; NICHOL, R. J.; NICHOLLS, T. C.; OCHOA-RICOUX, J. P.; OLIVER, W. P.; OSPANOV, R.; PALEY, J.; PAOLONE, V.; PAVLOVIC, Z.; PAWLOSKI, G.; PEARCE, G. F.; PECK, C. W.; PETYT, D. A.; PITTAM, R.; PLUNKETT, R. K.; RAHAMAN, A.; RAMEIKA, R. A.; RAUFER, T. M.; REBEL, B.; REICHENBACHER, J.; RODRIGUES, P. A.; ROSENFELD, C.; RUBIN, H. A.; RUDDICK, K.; SANCHEZ, M. C.; SAOULIDOU, N.; SCHNEPS, J.; SCHREINER, P.; SEUN, S. M.; SHANAHAN, P.; SMART, W.; SMITH, C.; SMITH, R.; SOUSA, A.; SPEAKMAN, B.; STAMOULIS, P.; STRAIT, M.; SYMES, P.; TAGG, N.; TALAGA, R. L.; TAVERA, M. A.; THOMAS, J.; THOMPSON, J.; THOMSON, M. A.; THRON, J. L.; TINTI, G.; TZANAKOS, G.; URHEIM, J.; VAHLE, P.; VIREN, B.; WATABE, M.; WEBER, A.; WEBB, R. C.; WEHMANN, A.; WEST, N.; WHITE, C.; WOJCICKI, S. G.; WRIGHT, D. M.; YANG, T.; ZHANG, K.; ZWASKA, R.
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

Data(s)

20/10/2012

20/10/2012

2009

Resumo

The rate of high energy cosmic ray muons as measured underground is shown to be strongly correlated with upper-air temperatures during short-term atmospheric (10-day) events. The effects are seen by correlating data from the MINOS underground detector and temperatures from the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts during the winter periods from 2003-2007. This effect provides an independent technique for the measurement of meteorological conditions and presents a unique opportunity to measure both short and long-term changes in this important part of the atmosphere. Citation: Osprey, S., et al. (2009), Sudden stratospheric warmings seen in MINOS deep underground muon data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L05809, doi: 10.1029/2008GL036359.

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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, v.36, 2009

0094-8276

http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/29141

10.1029/2008GL036359

http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008GL036359

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eng

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AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION

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Geophysical Research Letters

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