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NumericalData

ResourceHeader

ResourceName

Cosmic Ray Intensities Hourly averages from the Climax Neutron Monitor

AlternateName

Climax Hourly Counting Rates

ReleaseDate

2018-05-29 14:44:18Z

Description

Hourly averages of relativistic cosmic ray intensities from the Climax Neutron Monitor

Acknowledgement

Please acknowledge the Principal Investigator (Dr. Clifford Lopate)

Contacts

	Role	Person
1.	PrincipalInvestigator	spase://SMWG/Person/Clifford.Lopate

InformationURL

Name

World Data Center for Cosmic Rays (WDCCR) Read_Me (Starting Point of Data Access)

URL

http://cidas.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/WDCCR/readme.html

Description

This Web page includes numerical data and plots of cosmic-ray neutron observations covering the interval from 1953 to present.

PriorIDs

spase://VEPO/NumericalData/NeutronMonitor/Climax/PT1H

AccessInformation

RepositoryID

spase://SMWG/Repository/WDC/CosmicRays/NagoyaU

Availability

Online

AccessRights

Open

AccessURL

Name

Climax hourly intensities

URL

ftp://ftp.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/pub/WDCCR/STATIONS/CLIMAX/SHORTFORMAT/

Description

Parent directory containing compressed yearly files with naming convention
"File: ClimaxYYYY" containg hourly averaged Climax neutron monitor intensity
measurements for YYYY = 1951 through 2006.

Format

Text

Acknowledgement

C. Lopate, University of New Hampshire

MeasurementType

EnergeticParticles

TemporalDescription

TimeSpan

StartDate

1951-01-01 00:00:00.000

StopDate

2006-11-30 23:59:59.000

Cadence

PT1H

ObservedRegion

Heliosphere.NearEarth

Parameter #1

Name

Interval Start Time

ParameterKey

Columns 1-3

Description

Nominal Start Time for the average given as
MM/DD/YYYY HH SSSSSSSSSS
where MM = month of year (01-12)
DD = Day of Month (01-31)
YYYY = Gregorian Year AD
HH = Hour of Day (00-23)
SSSSSSSSSS = Seconds since 00:00:00 Jan. 01, 1904

Cadence

PT1H

Support

SupportQuantity

Temporal

Parameter #2

Name

Climax Hourly Average

ParameterKey

Column 4

Description

Climax pressure corrected counts per hour, prescaled by 100
Periods with no data are indicated by -1

Caveats

For true counts per hour, the value given must be multiplied by 100.

Cadence

PT1H

Units

(counts/hr)

ValidMin

0

ValidMax

100000

FillValue

-1

Particle

ParticleType

Proton

Qualifier

Integral

ParticleQuantity

Counts

EnergyRange

Low

2.99

High

1.0E6

Units

GV