The atmospheric monitoring system of the JEM-EUSO instrument

The JEM-EUSO Collaboration

doi:10.1007/s10686-014-9378-1

The atmospheric monitoring system of the JEM-EUSO instrument

The JEM-EUSO Collaboration

École Polytechnique

University of Alabama in Huntsville
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire
CEA/UVSQ/CNRS
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
University of California, Los Angeles
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo
INFN Sezione di Catania
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Interactive Research Center of Science
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Universidad de Alcalá
Dipartimento di Ingegneria
UTIU
Astrophysics Division
University of Tübingen
Dipartimento di Fisica
University of Turin
Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (CSIC/INTA)
INFN
INFN Sezione di Bari
Universita’ degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro and INFN
Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro
Vanderbilt University
INFN Sezione di Torino
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna
Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA
Polish Academy of Sciences
Department of Space Physics
Institute of Experimental Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences
University of Sofia
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
INFN Sezione di Napoli
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Università degli Studi di Catania
INFN Roma Tor Vergata
Riken
Istituto Di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara
IRAP/CNRS
Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS)
Kindai University
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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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 τ ≥ 0.15 and to measure the cloud top altitude with an accuracy of 500 m and an altitude resolution of 500 m.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	45-60
Number of pages	16
Journal	Experimental Astronomy
Volume	40
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-014-9378-1
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2015

Keywords

Atmospheric monitoring
IR camera
LIDAR
Ultra high energy cosmic rays

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