2018/04/20 by Karen Aplin, Aplin, Karen, Aaron Briggs +9
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph) #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #Neutrino Physics Research
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1804.07532
openalex publication_date 2018/04/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A small scintillator-based detector for atmospheric ionization measurements has been developed, partly in response to a need for better ionization data in the weather-forming regions of the atmosphere and partly with the intention of producing a commercially available device. The device can measure both the count rate and energy of atmospheric ionizing radiation. Here we report results of a test flight over the UK in December 2017 where the detector was flown with two Geiger counters on a meteorological radiosonde. The count rate profile with height was consistent both with the Geigers and with previous work. The energy of incoming ionizing radiation increased substantially with altitude.