Accession Number:

AD0653580

Title:

A NEW METHOD OF COMPARING THE PERFORMANCE OF NEUTRON MONITORS,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

UPPSALA UNIV (SWEDEN) COSMIC RAY GROUP

Personal Author(s):

• Martinelle,Sten

Report Date:

1967-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

19.0

Abstract:

A one-factor model is used to compare neutron monitor data from different stations. The method supplies information about the performance of the stations in a concise form allowing for differences in cut-off rigidities.

Descriptors:

• (*RADIATION MONITORS
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING))
• (*NEUTRON COUNTERS
• *COSMIC RAYS)
• SWEDEN
• MODEL THEORY
• FACTOR ANALYSIS
• GEOMAGNETISM
• LEAST SQUARES METHOD
• SEQUENCES(MATHEMATICS)
• INTERPOLATION
• TIME SIGNALS

Subject Categories:

• Geomagnetism
• Nuclear Instrumentation
• Nuclear Physics and Elementary Particle Physics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE