TY  - JOUR
AU  - Pierre Auger Collaboration (Abreu, P. et al
AU  - Pastor, S.
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2013//
TI  - Identifying clouds over the Pierre Auger Observatory using infrared satellite data
T2  - Astropart Phys.
JO  - Astroparticle Physics
SP  - 92
EP  - 101
VL  - 50-52
PB  - Elsevier Science Bv
KW  - Ultra-high energy cosmic rays
KW  - Pierre Auger Observatory
KW  - Extensive air showers
KW  - Atmospheric monitoring
KW  - Clouds
KW  - Satellites
AB  - 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 km(2) of the Pierre Auger Observatory twice per hour with a spatial resolution of similar to 2.4 km by similar to 5.5 km. Our method could also be applied to monitor cloud cover for other ground-based observatories and for space-based observatories.
SN  - 0927-6505
UR  - http://arxiv.org/abs/1310.1641
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2013.09.004
DO  - 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2013.09.004
LA  - English
N1  - WOS:000329271000011
ID  - PierreAugerCollaborationAbreu+Pastor2013
ER  -