%0 Journal Article
%4 sid.inpe.br/mtc-m21b/2014/05.12.18.51
%2 sid.inpe.br/mtc-m21b/2014/05.12.18.51.33
%@doi 10.1007/s11214-014-0048-4
%@issn 0038-6308
%F self-archiving-INPE-MCTI-GOV-BR
%T Global Muon Detector Network used for space weather applications
%D 2014
%9 journal article
%A Rockenbach, Marlos,
%A Dal Lago, Alisson,
%A Schuch, Nelson Jorge,
%A Munakata, K.,
%A Kuwabara, T.,
%A Oliveira, A. G.,
%A Echer, Ezequiel,
%A Braga, Carlos Roberto,
%A Mendonça, Rafael Rodrigues Souza de,
%A Kato, C.,
%A Kozai, M.,
%A Tokumaru, M.,
%A Bieber, J. W.,
%A Evenson, P.,
%A Duldig, M. L.,
%A Humble, J. E.,
%A Jassar, H. K. Al,
%A Sharma, M. M.,
%A Sabbah, I.,
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation
%@affiliation
%@affiliation
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@electronicmailaddress
%@electronicmailaddress alisson.dallago@inpe.br
%@electronicmailaddress njschuch@lacesm.ufsm.br
%@electronicmailaddress
%@electronicmailaddress
%@electronicmailaddress
%@electronicmailaddress eecher@dge.inpe.br
%B Space Science Reviews
%V 180/1-4
%K space weather, cosmic ray precursors, cosmic ray anisotropy, Global Muon Detector Network.
%X In this work, we summarize the development and current status of the Global Muon Detector Network (GMDN). The GMDN started in 1992 with only two muon detectors. It has consisted of four detectors since the Kuwait-city muon hodoscope detector was installed in March 2006. The present network has a total of 60 directional channels with an improved coverage of the sunward Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) orientation, making it possible to continuously monitor cosmic ray precursors of geomagnetic storms. The data analysis methods developed also permit precise calculation of the three dimensional cosmic ray anisotropy on an hourly basis free from the atmospheric temperature effect and analysis of the cosmic ray precursors free from the diurnal anisotropy of the cosmic ray intensity.
%@language en
%3 Global Muon Detector Network Used for Space Weather.pdf