Tables of IGC Cosmic Ray Data

700 Pages·1964·16.244 MB·English

by  J. A. Simpson (Eds.)

ANNALS OF THE
INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR
1957 1958
VOLUME XXVIII
T A B L ES OF I GC
C O S M IC R AY D A TA
PART III
Editor
J. A. SIMPSON
CSAGI Reporter for Cosmic Rays
International Council of Scientific Unions
Comite International de Geophysique
(CIG)
P E R G A M ON P R E SS
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1964
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PREFACE
The international program for experiments and continuous measurements
which began with the International Geophysical Year has been continued
through the year 1959, this period being known as International Geophysical
Cooperation — 1959. Almost all of the instruments which were operated during
the International Geophysical Year have been continued through the IGC.
A detailed description of the instruments1,2 and experimental observations
are printed in the Cosmic Ray IGY volume No. XXVI and XXVII.
Again it is a pleasure to thank the many scientific investigators who have
contributed to the present volume of data through the period 1959. The staff
of World Data Center A prepared the data for publication in this volume, and
special thanks go to Dr. Paul J. Kellogg and Mrs. Constance Lane for this effort.
J. A. SIMPSON
CSAGI Reporter for Cosmic Rays
Chicago
1 Standard Meson Intensity Recorder, H. Elliot, Annals of the IG Y, Vol. IV, Parts I,
II, and III, p. 374-393, Pergamon Press, London (1958).
2 Cosmic Radiation Neutron Intensity Monitor, J. A. Simpson, Annals of the IGY,
Vol. IV, Parts I, II and III, p. 351-373, Pergamon Press, London (1958).
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INTRODUCTION
Le programme international pour les experiences et les mesures permanen-
tes des rayons cosmiques, qui a ete commence au debut de l'Annee Geophysique
Internationale, a ete prolonge pendant l'annee 1959, periode de Cooperation
Geophysique Internationale. Une grande partie des appareils qui ont fonctionne
pendant l'AGI ont continue a operer pendant la CGI. Une description detaillee
des appareils1*2 et des observations est publiee dans les volumes XXVI et XXVII
des « Annals of the IGY ».
II nous est agreable de remercier tous les chercheurs scientifiques qui ont
fourni leurs donnees pour l'annee 1959. Nous devons aussi remercier le person-
nel du centre mondial de donnees A qui a eu la charge de mettre les donnees
au point, et en particulier le Dr. Paul J. Kellogg et Mme Constance Lane.
J. A. SIMPSON
Rapporteur du CSAGI pour les rayons
cosmiques
Chicago
1H. Elliot, Standard Meson Intensity Recorder, IGY Annals 4, 374-393, 1958
1 J. A. Simpson, Cosmic Radiation Intensity Monitor, IGY Annals 4, 351—373, 1958
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EXPLANATION OF IGC DATA TABLES
In order to prepare the data on the following pages for publication the
data were first put on punched cards and then checked for correctness essentially
by repunching. These procedures should minimize errors of transcription and
also facilitate some computations which have been made with some of the
data. Tabulating machines were then used to print the data on standard forms
and the data were photographed for reproduction. As a further insurance against
errors, carbon copies of the data sheets were sent to all investigators to be
checked. The data marked as verified in the table of contents have been returned
to the data center and the corrections made.
Once the data were on punched cards it was easy to perform a number
of computations, but the machine used for these calculations has a simple
logic and so certain restrictions should be noted. Daily totals have been supplied
for most of the data when these were not supplied by the investigator himself.
No corrections were made, however, for missing bihourly values. In a few
cases the data in our files consist of hourly values and these were added together
to get the bihourly values published here. Again, no correction was made for
cases where one of two hourly values was missing, but these cases will be obvious.
Since pressure changes have a greater effect on neutron monitors than
cosmic ray variations do, it was felt necessary to correct all neutron monitor
data for pressure in cases where this had not been done by the investigator
himself. The only exceptions were cases where the pressure data was not available
to the data center. No corrections were made by the data center to telescope
and ion chamber data; these data are published as received at the data center.
The symbols used in the table headings are :
NM — neutron monitor I — ion chamber
T — cubical telescope UT — underground telescope
T* — vertical telescope S — shower apparatus
LOCATIONS : Latitude and longitude are given in degrees and decimal fractions
of a degree.
TIME : All times are Universal Time (UT) except as otherwise noted.
In the body of the table an asterisk (*) means that the accom-
panying data is of reduced statistical accuracy because it was
derived from part of the instrument or during part of the time
interval.
NOTES : NNootteess rreeffeeir enced in the tables are found on page xxv.
ELEVATIONS: In meters.
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INDICATIONS RELATIVES AUX TABLEAUX DE DONNEES DE LA CGI
Afin de mettre au point en vue de leur publication, les donnees que Ton
trouvera dans les pages qui suivent on a d'abord enregistre ces donnees sur
des cartes perforees et on a controle P exactitude de cette transcription en proce-
dant essentiellement a une seconde perforation. De cette maniere on reduit au
minimum les erreurs de transcription et on rend plus faciles les calculs qui ont
ete effectues sur certaines donnees. On a ensuite utilise desw tabulatrices qui
ont imprime les donnees sous forme de tableaux normalises, reproduits ensuite
par photographic A titre d'assurance complementaire contre les erreurs, on a
envoye a tous les chercheurs des copies carbone afin*qu'ils puissent les verifier.
Apres verification les donnees ont ete retournees au Centre d'information qui
a procede aux corrections necessaires.
Une fois les donnees reportees sur cartes perforees il etait facile d'effectuer
un certain nombre de calculs, mais la machine que Ton utilisait a cet effet ne
disposait que d'une unite logique simple de telle sorte qu'il fallait consentir
certaines restrictions. Pour la plupart des donnees on a fourni des totaux journa-
liers lorsqu'ils n'etaient pas communiques par le chercheur lui-meme. On n'a
effectue toutefois aucune correction lorsqu'il manquait des valeurs bi-horaires
(mesurees a une demi-heure d'intervalle). Dans quelques cas, les donnees
figurant dans nos documents sont des valeurs horaires ; en ce cas on les a
ajoutees deux par deux pour obtenir les valeurs bi-horaires publiees ici. On
n'a effectue aucune correction lorsque Tune des deux valeurs horaires manque,
mais ces cas sont immediatement apparents.
Etant donne que les variations de pression ont une influence plus grande
sur les appareils de mesure des neutrons que les variations d'intensite des
rayons cosmiques, on a du necessairement corriger toutes les donnees relatives
aux mesures des neutrons pour tenir compte des variations de pression lorsque
ce travail n'avait pas ete effectue par le chercheur lui-meme. II n'a ete fait
d'exception a cette regie que dans le cas oii le Centre ne disposait pas d'informa-
tion sur la pression. Le Centre de donnees n'a apporte aucune correction
aux donnees obtenues au moyen de telescopes ou de chambres d'ionisation ;
ces donnees sont publiees dans l'etat meme oii elles ont ete revues par le Centre.
Les symboles utilises dans les rubriques du tableau sont les suivants :
NM compteur de neutrons
T telescope omnidirectionnel
telescope vertical
I chambre d'ionisation
UT telescope souterrain
S appareil de mesure des gerbes.
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Les positions geographiques sont donnees en degr6s et minutes separes
par un point. Tous les temps sont donnes en temps universel sauf indication
contraire. Dans le corps du tableau un asterisque (*) signifie que la donnee a
laquelle il se rapporte n'a qu'une precision statistique limitee parce qu'elle a
ete deduite en partie d'une mesure experimentale ou mesuree pendant une
partie seulement de Tintervalle de temps considere. Une liste de notes se trouve
a la page xxviii. Les niveaux sont donnes en metres.
INDEX TO DATA TABLES
(INDEX AUX TABLEAUX DE DONNEES)
1959
STATION APPARATUS J FMAM J J A SOND PAGE
ARGENTINA
B961 Buenos Aires NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 1 Verified
E704 Mina Aguilar NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 7 Verified
C998 Ushuaia NM XXX X xxxxx 13 Verified
A990 Ellsworth NM xxxxxxxxx 18
AUSTRALIA
B977 Hobart T x x x x x x x x x x xx 23 Verified
B977 Mt. Wellington NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 29 Verified
C636 Lae T x x x x x x x x x x xx 35 Verified
C636 Lae NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 41 Verified
C636 Lae P x x x x xx 47 Verified
A961 Macquarie Island T XX 50 Verified
A961 Macquarie Island T XX 51 Verified
A980 Mawson T x x x x x x x x x x xx 52 Verified
A980 Mawson NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 58 Verified
C948 Sydney NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 64
AUSTRIA
B181 Hafelekar I x x x x x x x x x x xx 70 Verified
B181 Hafelekar T x x x x x x x x x x xx 76 Verified
BOLIVIA
E665 Chacaltaya T* XXX 82
E665 Chacaltaya T* XXX 83
E665 Chacaltaya T* XXX 85
E665 Chacaltaya T* XXX 86
E665 Chacaltaya T XXX 88
E665 Chacaltaya T* XXX 89
E665 Chacaltaya T* XXX 91
E665 Chacaltaya T XXX 92
E665 Chacaltaya T* XXX 94
E665 Chacaltaya T* XXX 95
E665 Chacaltaya T* XXX 97
E665 Chacaltaya T* XXX 98
BRAZIL
E703 Rio de Janeiro NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 100 Verified
CANADA
B211 Deep River I x x x x x xx 106 Verified
B211 Deep River NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 110 Verified
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CANADA (continued)
A145 Churchill T XXXXXXXXXXXX 116 Verified
A145 Churchill NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 122 Verified
B222 Ottawa T x x x x x x x x x x xx 128 Verified
B222 Ottawa NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 134 Verified
A030 Resolute Bay T x x x x x x x x x x xx 140 Verified
A030 Resolute Bay NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 146 Verified
B115 Sulphur Mt. T x x x x x x x x x x xx 152 Verified
B115 Sulphur Mt. NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 158 Verified
CHILE
C994 Santiago T* x x x x x x x x x x xx 164 Verified
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
B154 Lomnicky Stit T x x x x x x x x x x xx 170 Verified
B154 Lomnicky Stit NM XX x x x x x x x xx 176 Verified
B139 Prague T x x x x x x x x x x xx 182 Verified
B139 Prague NM x x x x x x x x x xx 188 Verified
DENMARK
A049 Godhavn I x x x x x xx 194 Verified
A025 Thule T x x x x x xx 198 Verified
A025 Thule NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 202 Verified
EAST AFRICA
E615 Makerere College T x x x x x x x x x x xx 208 Verified
E615 Makerere College NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 214 Verified
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
B107 Halle I x x x x x x x x x x xx 220 Verified
B037 Kuhlungsborn I x x x x x x x x x x xx 226 Verified
B037 Kuhlungsborn T x x x x x x x x x x xx 232 Verified
GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC
B171 Freiburg I x x x x x x x x x x xx 238
B171 Freiburg NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 244
B106 Gottingen-Munich NM X x x x x x x x xx 250 Verified
B061 Kiel T x x x x x x x x x x xx 255 Verified
B061 Kiel NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 261 Verified
B118 Weissenau-Lindau T xxxxxx x 267 Verified
B118 Weissenau-Lindau NM XXX x x x x x x xx 272 Verified
B327 Zugspitze T x x x x x x x x xx 278 Verified
B327 Zugspitze NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 283 Verified
HUNGARY
B039 Budapest UT x x x x x x x x x x xx 289 Verified
INDIA
E518 Ahmedabad T x x x x x x x x x x xx 295 Verified
E518 Ahmedabad NM x x x x xx 301 Verified
E566 Kodaikanal T x x x x x x x x x x xx 304 Verified
E566 Kodaikanal NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 310 Verified
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ISRAEL
XX 316
C224 Haifa T
ITALY
x x x x x x x x x x xx 317 Verified
B237 Bologna T x x x x x x x x x xx 323 Verified
C073 Rome T x x x x x x x x x x xx 329 Verified
G073 Rome NM
JAPAN
C150 Mt. Norikura I x x x x x x x x x xx 335 Verified
C150 Mt. Norikura NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 341 Verified
C050 Sapporo I x x x x x x x x x x xx 347 Verified
G160 Tokyo-Itabashi I x x x x x x x x x xx 353 Verified
C160 Tokyo-Itabashi T x x x x x x x x x xx 359 Verified
CI 60 Tokyo-Mabashi I x x x x x x xx 365 Verified
CI60 Tokyo-Mabashi T x x x x x x xx 369
CI 60 Tokyo-Mabashi T* x x x x x x xx 373
LEBANON
Beirut NM xxxx 377
NETHERLANDS
B080 Amsterdam I x x x x x x x x x x xx 379 Verified
B085 Nederhorst den Berg NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 385 Verified
NEW ZEALAND
B994 Awarua NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 391
B982 Christchurch I xxxxxx 397
B982 Christchurch T XXX 400
NORWAY
B136 Bergen T x x x x x x x x x x xx 402 Verified
PERU
E646 Huancayo I x x x x x x x x x x xx 408 Verified
E646 Huancayo NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 414
PORTUGAL
C112 Lisbon T xxxxxxxxxxxx 420 Verified
E526 Macao T xxxxxxxxxxxx 426 Verified
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
C957 Hermanus T xxxxxxxxxxxx 432 Verified
C957 Hermanus NM xxxxxxxxxxxx 438 Verified
SWEDEN
A060 Kiruna T x x x x x x x x x x xx 444 Verified
A010 Murchison Bay T xxxx 450 Verified
AO 10 Murchison Bay NM xxxx 452 Verified
B003 Uppsala T xxxxxxxxxxxx 454 Verified
B003 Uppsala NM x x x x x x x x x x xx 460 Verified