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Measurement of secondary cosmic rays at the SAS Juan Carlos I

Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR

ORCA is an experiment installed at the Spanish Antarctic Station Juan Carlos I, which measures the flux of secondary cosmic rays continuously and in real time.

Description

It is composed of three sets of sensors dedicated mainly to the observation of neutrons and muons. In addition to the neutron and muon flux, it measures the direction of muon incidence, allowing the analysis of anisotropies that may appear in the primary cosmic rays that produce muons in their interaction with the atmosphere.

ORCA is in nominal operation since March 2020

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Provenance · 1 source records, 14 field assertions
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NASA Earthdata CMRC2631840892-SCIOPS15 d agoJSON v1
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concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:neutron-monitorssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/sun-earth-interactions/solar-activitysource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/sun-earth-interactions/solar-activity/cosmic-rayssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/sun-earth-interactions/solar-energetic-particle-fluxsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:neutron-monitor-stationssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:solar-observatory-stationssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
descriptionsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/Abstract
license_textsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
spatialsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/SpatialExtent
temporalsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/TemporalExtents
titlesource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/EntryTitle
version_labelsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0