A study on UV emission from clouds with Mini-EUSO

The JEM-EUSO Collaboration

A study on UV emission from clouds with Mini-EUSO

The JEM-EUSO Collaboration

École Polytechnique

INFN Sezione di Torino
University of Turin
Physics Department
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
INFN Roma Tor Vergata
Riken
ARPA Piemonte
University of Warsaw
Astrophysics Division
Telecom Lab.
Tlemcen University
Nihon University
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Astroparticule and Cosmol APC
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Lehman College
INFN Sezione di Catania
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo
Institute for Cosmic Ray Research
University of Tokyo
Dept. of Physics
Université Badji Mokhtar - Annaba
Centre de Développement des Technologies Avancées
Universidad de Alcalá
College of Computing
Institute of Experimental Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences
Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
University of Tübingen
Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (CSIC/INTA)
INFN Sezione di Bari
Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro
Moscow State University
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research
Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA
University of Sofia
University of Geneva
University of Chicago

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Abstract

Mini-EUSO is the first mission of the JEM-EUSO program located on the International Space Station. One of the main goals of the mission is to provide valuable scientific data in view of future large missions devoted to study Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) from space by exploiting the fluorescence emission generated by Extensive Air Showers (EAS) developing in the atmosphere. A space mission like Mini-EUSO experiences continuous changes in atmospheric conditions, including the cloud presence. The influence of clouds on space-based observation is, therefore, an important topic to investigate as it might alter the instantaneous exposure for EAS detection or deteriorate the quality of the EAS images with consequences on the reconstructed EAS parameters. For this purpose, JEM-EUSO is planning to have an IR camera and a lidar as part of its Atmospheric Monitoring System. At the same time, it would be extremely beneficial if the UV camera itself would be able to detect the presence of clouds, at least in some specific conditions. For this reason, we analyze a few case studies by comparing the pixel count rates from Mini-EUSO during orbits with the cloud cover (as cloud fraction). This quantity is retrieved from the Global Forecast System (GFS) model at different height levels over the Mini-EUSO trajectory. The results of this analysis are reported.

Original language	English
Article number	208
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	395
Publication status	Published - 18 Mar 2022
Event	37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021 - Virtual, Berlin, Germany Duration: 12 Jul 2021 → 23 Jul 2021

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A study on UV emission from clouds with Mini-EUSO

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