RT Journal Article
T1 Description of atmospheric conditions at the Pierre Auger Observatory using the Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS)
A1 Arganda, E.
A1 Arqueros Martínez, Fernando
A1 García Pinto, Diego
A1 Minaya Flores, Ignacio Andrés
A1 Ortiz Ramis, Montserrat
A1 Rosado Vélez, Jaime
AB 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 Malargue and averaged monthly models, the utility of the GDAS data is shown. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PB Elsevier Science BV
SN 0927-6505
YR 2012
FD 2012-04
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/45084
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/45084
LA eng
NO © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Artículo firmado por más de 10 autores (Pierre Auger Observatory).We are very grateful to the following agencies and organizations for financial support: Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Fundacion Antorchas, Gobierno De La Provincia de Mendoza, Municipalidad de Malargue, NDM Holdings and Valle Las Lenas, in gratitude for their continuing cooperation over land access, Argentina; the Australian Research Council; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP), Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP), Ministerio de Ciencia 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 Regional Ile-de-France, Departement Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (PNC-IN2P3/CNRS), Departement Sciences de l'Univers (SDU-INSU/CNRS), France; Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Finanzministerium Baden-Wurttemberg, Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF), Ministerium fur Wissenschaft und Forschung, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Ministerium fur Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca (MIUR), Gran Sasso Center for Astroparticle Physics (CFA), Italy; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (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; Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, Portugal; Ministry for Higher Education, Science, and Technology, Slovenian Research Agency, Slovenia; Comunidad de Madrid, Consejeria de Educacion de la Comunidad de Castilla La Mancha, FEDER funds, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion and Consolider-Ingenio 2010 (CPAN), Generalitat Valenciana, Junta de Andalucia, 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.
NO Unión Europea. FP7
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)
NO Comunidad de Madrid
NO AVCR
NO GAAV
NO Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
NO MSMT-CR, Czech Republic
NO Centre de Calcul IN2P3/CNRS
NO Conseil Regional Ile-de-France
NO Departement Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (PNC-IN2P3/CNRS)
NO Departement Sciences de l'Univers (SDU-INSU/CNRS), France
NO Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
NO Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
NO Finanzministerium Baden-Wurttemberg
NO Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF)
NO Ministerium fur Wissenschaft und Forschung Nordrhein-Westfalen
NO Ministerium fur Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
NO Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
NO Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)
NO Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca (MIUR)
NO Gran Sasso Center for Astroparticle Physics (CFA), Italy
NO Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap
NO Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)
NO Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), Netherlands
NO Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland
NO Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, Portugal
NO Ministry for Higher Education, Science, and Technology
NO Slovenian Research Agency, Slovenia
NO Consejeria de Educacion de la Comunidad de Castilla La Mancha
NO FEDER
NO Consolider-Ingenio  2010 (CPAN)
NO Generalitat Valenciana
NO Junta de Andalucia
NO Xunta de Galicia, Spain
NO Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom
NO National Science Foundation
NO ALFA-EC/HELEN
NO European Union 6th Framework Program
NO UNESCO
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