The atmospheric monitoring system of the JEM-EUSO instrument Articles uri icon

publication date

  • November 2015

start page

  • 45

end page

  • 60

issue

  • 1

volume

  • 40

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0922-6435

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1572-9508

abstract

  • The JEM-EUSO telescope will detect Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) from space, detecting the UV Fluorescence Light produced by Extensive Air Showers (EAS) induced by the interaction of the cosmic rays with the earth's atmosphere. The capability to reconstruct the properties of the primary cosmic ray depends on the accurate measurement of the atmospheric conditions in the region of EAS development. The Atmospheric Monitoring (AM) system of JEM-EUSO will host a LIDAR, operating in the UV band, and an Infrared camera to monitor the cloud cover in the JEM-EUSO Field of View, in order to be sensitive to clouds with an optical depth tau a parts per thousand yen 0.15 and to measure the cloud top altitude with an accuracy of 500 m and an altitude resolution of 500 m.

keywords

  • ultra high energy cosmic rays; atmospheric monitoring; ir camera; lidar; mission