Ny-Alesund, Spitzbergen / Helmholtz
Koldewey Station, Spitzbergen. Operated by https://www.helmholtz-muenchen.de/en/iss/index.html
Specifications
| Detector | Bonner Spheres Spectrometer |
| including 16 3He Proportional Counters | |
| Geographic latitude | 78.9° N |
| Geographic longitude | 11.9° E |
| Altitude | 0 m asl |
| Effective vertical cutoff rigidity | 0 GV |
| In continuous operation since | June 2007 |
| Time resolution | 5-min |
Contact
Web-site: http://www.awi.de/en/infrastructure/stations/awipev_arctic_research_base/
Responsible person: Information withheld according to EU GDPR, please contact us at questions@nmdb.eu
References
Werner Rühm, V. Mares, C. Pioch, E. Weitzenegger, R. Vockenroth, H.G. Paretzke. Measurements of secondary neutrons from cosmic radiation with a Bonner sphere spectrometer at 79°N. Radiat Environ Biophys (2009), 48:125-133
W. Rühm, V. Mares, C. Pioch, G. Simmer and E. Weitzenegger. Continuous measurement of secondary neutrons from cosmic radiation at mountain altitudes and close to the North Pole-A Discussion in terms of H*(10). Radiation Protection Dosimetry (2009), Vol. 136, No. 4, pp. 256-261.