A study on UV emission from clouds with Mini-EUSO

Golzio A, Battisti M, Bertaina M, Bolmgren K, Cambiè G, Casolino M, Cassardo C, Cremonini R, Ferrarese S, Fuglesang C, Manfrin M, Marcelli L, Piotrowski L, Shinozaki K, Abdellaoui G, Abe S, Adams JH, Allard D, Alonso G, Anchordoqui L, Anzalone A, Arnone E, Asano K, Attallah R, Attoui H, Ave Pernas M, Bagheri M, Baláz J, Bakiri M, Barghini D, Bartocci S, Bayer J, Beldjilali B, Belenguer T, Belkhalfa N, Bellotti R, Belov AA, Benmessai K, Bertone PF, Biermann PL, Bisconti F, Blaksley C, Blanc N, Blin-Bondil S, Bobik P, Bogomilov M, Bozzo E, Briz S, Bruno A, Caballero KS, Cafagna F, Campana D, Capdevielle JN, Capel F, Caramete A, Caramete L, Carlson P, Caruso R, Castellina A, Catalano O, Cellino A, Černý K, Chikawa M, Chiritoi G, Christl MJ, Colalillo R, Conti L, Cotto G, Crawford HJ, Creusot A, de Castro Gónzalez A, de la Taille C, del Peral L, Diaz Damian A, Diesing R, Dinaucourt P, Djakonow A, Djemil T, Ebersoldt A, Ebisuzaki T, Eliasson L, Eser J, Fenu F, Fernández-González S, Filippatos G, Finch WI, Fornaro C, Fouka M, Franceschi A, Franchini S, Fujii T, Fukushima M, Galeotti P, García-Ortega E, Gardiol D, Garipov GK, Gascón E, Gazda E, Genci J, Golzio A, González Alvarado C, Gorodetzky P, Green A, Guarino F, Guépin C, Guzmán A, Hachisu Y, Haungs A, Hernández Carretero J, Hulett L, Ikeda D, Inoue N, Inoue S, Isgrò F, Itow Y, Jammer T, Jeong S, Joven E, Judd EG, Jochum J, Kajino F, Kajino T, Kalli S, Kaneko I, Karadzhov Y, Kasztelan M, Katahira K, Kawai K, Kawasaki Y, Kedadra A, Khales H, Khrenov BA, Kim JS, Kim SW, Kleifges M, Klimov PA, Kolev D, Kreykenbohm I, Krizmanic JF, Królik K, Kungel V, Kurihara Y, Kusenko A, Kuznetsov E, Lahmar H, Lakhdari F, Licandro J, López Campano L, López Martínez F, Mackovjak S, Mahdi M, Mandát D, Marcos JL, Marszał W, Martín Y, Martinez O, Mase K, Matev R, Matthews JN, Mebarki N, Medina-Tanco G, Menshikov A, Merino A, Mese M, Meseguer J, Meyer SS, Mimouni J, Miyamoto H, Mizumoto Y, Monaco A, Morales de los Ríos JA, Mastafa M, Nagataki S, Naitamor S, Napolitano T, Nachtman JM, Neronov A, Nomoto K, Nonaka T, Ogawa T, Ogio S, Ohmori H, Olinto AV, Onel Y, Osteria G, Otte AN, Pagliaro A, Painter W, Panasyuk MI, Panico B, Parizot E, Park IH, Pastircak B, Paul T, Pech M, Pérez-Grande I, Perfetto F, Peter T, Picozza P, Pindado S, Piotrowski LW, Piraino S, Plebaniak Z, Pollini A, Popescu EM, Prevete R, Prévôt G, Prieto H, Przybylak M, Puehlhofer G, Putis M, Reardon P, Reno MH, Reyes M, Ricci M, Rodríguez Frías MD, Romero Matamala OF, Ronga F, Sabau MD, Saccá G, Sáez Cano G, Sagawa H, Sahnoune Z, Saito A, Sakaki N, Salazar H, Sanchez Balanzar JC, Sánchez JL, Santangelo A, Sanz-Andrés A, Sanz Palomino M, Saprykin OA, Sarazin F, Sato M, Scagliola A, Schanz T, Schieler H, Schovánek P, Scotti V, Serra M, Sharakin SA, Shimizu HM, Shirahama T, Soriano JF, Sotgiu A, Stan I, Strharský I, Sugiyama N, Supanitsky D, Suzuki M, Szabelski J, Tajima N, Tajima T, Takahashi Y, Takeda M, Takizawa Y, Talai MC, Tameda Y, Tenzer C, Thomas SB, Tibolla O, Tkachev LG, Tomida T, Tone N, Toscano S, Traïche M, Tsunesada Y, Tsuno K, Turriziani S, Uchihori Y, Vaduvescu O, Valdés-Galicia JF, Vallania P, Valore L, Vankova-Kirilova G, Venters TM, Vigorito C, Villaseñor L, Vlcek B, von Ballmoos P, Vrabel M, Wada S, Watanabe J, Watts J, Weigand Muñoz R, Weindl A, Wiencke L, Wille M, Wilms J, Winn D, Yamamoto T, Yang J, Yano H, Yashin IV, Yonetoku D, Yoshida S, Young R, Zgura IS, Zotov MY, Zuccaro Marchi A (2022)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2022

Journal

PoS - Proceedings of Science SISSA

Publisher: Sissa Medialab Srl

Book Volume: 395

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of Science

Event location: Berlin DE

Abstract

Mini-EUSO is the first mission of the JEM-EUSO program located on the International Space Station. One of the main goals of the mission is to provide valuable scientific data in view of future large missions devoted to study Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) from space by exploiting the fluorescence emission generated by Extensive Air Showers (EAS) developing in the atmosphere. A space mission like Mini-EUSO experiences continuous changes in atmospheric conditions, including the cloud presence. The influence of clouds on space-based observation is, therefore, an important topic to investigate as it might alter the instantaneous exposure for EAS detection or deteriorate the quality of the EAS images with consequences on the reconstructed EAS parameters. For this purpose, JEM-EUSO is planning to have an IR camera and a lidar as part of its Atmospheric Monitoring System. At the same time, it would be extremely beneficial if the UV camera itself would be able to detect the presence of clouds, at least in some specific conditions. For this reason, we analyze a few case studies by comparing the pixel count rates from Mini-EUSO during orbits with the cloud cover (as cloud fraction). This quantity is retrieved from the Global Forecast System (GFS) model at different height levels over the Mini-EUSO trajectory. The results of this analysis are reported.

Authors with CRIS profile

Ingo Kreykenbohm Dr.Karl-Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg, Astronomisches Institut Michael Wille Dr.Karl-Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg, Astronomisches Institut Jörn Wilms Lehrstuhl für Astronomie und Astrophysik

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APA:

Golzio, A., Battisti, M., Bertaina, M., Bolmgren, K., Cambiè, G., Casolino, M.,... Zuccaro Marchi, A. (2022). A study on UV emission from clouds with Mini-EUSO. In Proceedings of Science. Berlin, DE: Sissa Medialab Srl.

MLA:

Golzio, Alessio, et al. "A study on UV emission from clouds with Mini-EUSO." Proceedings of the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021, Berlin Sissa Medialab Srl, 2022.

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