Specifications

Detailed station information

• May 1960 - January 2017
• McMurdo data prior to 1964 have been multiplied by 24.5 to normalize for the IGY/NM64 change occurring at that time.
• Small changes (<0.6%) to the McMurdo count rates were made after 29 March 2011 to compensate for changes in the thermal insulation of the monitor.
• In preparation for a move of the McMurdo neutron monitor to the South Korean station at Jang Bogo, Antarctica, one section (6 tubes) was removed for shipment
• From 14 November, 2014, the McMurdo station will operate with only 2 sections (12 tubes) until sometime in 2016, when the 12 McMurdo counters will be shipped to Jang Bogo. All three sections will be together again by early 2018.
• The McMurdo station was shut down completely on 7 Jan, 2017. Please use the Jang Bogo station at NMDB as a replacement

Conditions for use of data

1. You are welcome to use University of Delaware neutron monitor data from McMurdo under the following conditions:
2. You agree to acknowledge the source of data in any publication; for example:
   The neutron monitor data from McMurdo are provided by the University of Delaware Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Bartol Research Institute.
3. You agree to send a copy of any paper using these data to:
   Dr. John Clem
   Department of Physics and Astronomy
   201 Sharp Lab, University of Delaware
   Newark, DE 19716, U.S.A.
4. Commercial or industrial use of the data is prohibited without previous agreement with the PI of the station (see name and address above)
5. You may share these data with colleagues, provided you inform them of these conditions.

In the event there are future modifications to the data, NMDB will always return the most recent version.

We will document any significant changes in the station notes.