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Identifying clouds over the Pierre Auger Observatory using infrared satellite data
Institution:1. Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina;2. Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF and CONICET, Argentina;3. Departamento de Física, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires y CONICET, Argentina;4. IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina;5. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina;6. Instituto de Física de Rosario (IFIR) – CONICET/U.N.R. and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U.N.R., Rosario, Argentina;7. Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina;8. National Technological University, Faculty Mendoza (CONICET/CNEA), Mendoza, Argentina;9. Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina;10. Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Malargüe, Argentina;11. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional – Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina;12. University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia;13. Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil;14. Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, São Carlos, SP, Brazil;15. Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, São Paulo, SP, Brazil;p. Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP, Brazil;q. Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Brazil;r. Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil;s. Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil;t. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil;u. Universidade Federal Fluminense, EEIMVR, Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil;v. Rudjer Bošković Institute, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia;w. Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Prague, Czech Republic;x. Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic;y. Palacky University, RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic;z. Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France;11. Laboratoire de l’Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, France;12. Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France;13. Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble INP, France;14. Station de Radioastronomie de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS/INSU, France;15. Subatech, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, France;16. Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany;17. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – Campus North, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany;18. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – Campus North, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany;19. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – Campus South, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany;110. Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany;111. RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany;112. Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany;113. Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany;114. Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università and INFN, Genova, Italy;115. Università dell’Aquila and INFN, L’Aquila, Italy;1p. Università di Milano and Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy;1q. Università di Napoli “Federico II” and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy;1r. Università di Roma II “Tor Vergata” and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy;1s. Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy;1t. Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy;1u. Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi” dell’Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy;1v. Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo (INAF), Palermo, Italy;1w. Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy;1x. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L’Aquila), Italy;1y. Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico;1z. Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV), México, Mexico;21. Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico;22. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D.F., Mexico;23. IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands;24. Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands;25. Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands;26. ASTRON, Dwingeloo, Netherlands;27. Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland;28. University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland;29. LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal;210. ‘Horia Hulubei’ National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest- Magurele, Romania;211. University of Bucharest, Physics Department, Romania;212. University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania;213. J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia;214. Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia;215. Institut de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain;2p. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain;2q. Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain;2r. Universidad de Granada and C.A.F.P.E., Granada, Spain;2s. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain;2t. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, United Kingdom;2u. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA;2v. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA;2w. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA;2x. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA;2y. Colorado State University, Pueblo, CO, USA;2z. Fermilab, Batavia, IL, USA;31. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA;32. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA;33. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA;34. New York University, New York, NY, USA;35. Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA;36. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA;37. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA;38. University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, IL, USA;39. University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA;310. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA;311. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA;312. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA;313. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA;314. Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology (INST), Hanoi, Vietnam;1. Univ. Grenoble Alpes, F-38000 Grenoble, France;2. CEA, LETI, MINATEC Campus, F-38054 Grenoble, France;3. Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LTM, CNRS, F-38000 Grenoble, France;1. Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow, India;2. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (Branch), Prof. Ramnath Vij Marg, New Delhi, India;1. INAF - Astrophysical Observatory of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123, Catania, Italy;2. Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy;3. School of Creative Technologies, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom;4. INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Trieste, Via G.B. Tiepolo 11, 34143, Trieste, Italy;1. INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Italy;2. Keras Strategy - Milano, Italy;3. Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia - Università di Catania, Italy;4. INFN, Sezione di Catania, Italy
Abstract:We describe a new method of identifying night-time clouds over the Pierre Auger Observatory using infrared data from the Imager instruments on the GOES-12 and GOES-13 satellites. We compare cloud identifications resulting from our method to those obtained by the Central Laser Facility of the Auger Observatory. Using our new method we can now develop cloud probability maps for the 3000 km2 of the Pierre Auger Observatory twice per hour with a spatial resolution of ∼2.4 km by ∼5.5 km. Our method could also be applied to monitor cloud cover for other ground-based observatories and for space-based observatories.
Keywords:Ultra-high energy cosmic rays  Pierre Auger Observatory  Extensive air showers  Atmospheric monitoring  Clouds  Satellites
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