@Article{SilvaCoMoTrMuKuSc:2004:SS29De,
               author = "Silva, M. R. da and Contreira, D. B. and Monteiro, S. and Trivedi, 
                         Nalin Babulal and Munakata, K. and Kuwabara, T. and Schuch, Nelson 
                         Jorge",
          affiliation = "INPE and Shinshu Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Phys, Matsumoto, Nagano 390 
                         Japan",
                title = "Cosmic ray muon observation at Southern Space Observatory - SSO 
                         (29 degrees S, 53 degrees W)",
              journal = "Astrophysics and Space Science",
                 year = "2004",
               volume = "290",
               number = "3-4",
                pages = "389--397",
             keywords = "cosmic rays, muon detector network, forbush decreases, space 
                         weather forecasting, magnetic storm prediction.",
             abstract = "Under an agreement on scientific cooperation between Brazil and 
                         Japan, a prototype detector of cosmic ray muons has been operating 
                         since March 2001 at Southern Space Observatory (SSO) located at S 
                         (a) over tildeo Martinho da Serra (29degreesS, 53degreesW), 
                         Brazil, in order to observe cosmic ray precursors of geomagnetic 
                         storms. This detector plays a key roll in the prototype network of 
                         muon observations together with two larger detectors operating in 
                         Japan and Australia. The planned extension of the detector in its 
                         size will complete the global coverage of our muon detector 
                         network. The prototype network has already discovered cosmic ray 
                         precursors of several magnetic storms, as reported by Munakata et 
                         al. (Munakata, K. et al.: 2000, J Geophys Res. 105, A12, pp. 27, 
                         457-27, 468; Munakata K. et al.: 2001, Proceedings of ICRC.) We 
                         have also observed the Forbush Decreases (FDs), as well as the 
                         precursory enhancements of cosmic ray anisotropy preceding the 
                         onsets of geomagnetic storms. This report presents the description 
                         of the network and some results obtained since the prototype 
                         detector implementation.",
            isbn/issn = "0004-640X",
                 issn = "0004-640X",
                label = "self-archiving-INPE-MCTIC-GOV-BR",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "silva_cosmic.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "18 jun. 2024"
}