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AN: SH41A-1074    [Abstracts]
TI: Spaceship Earth Data as Part of a Real-Time Space Weather Website
AU: * Pyle, R
EM: pyle@bartol.udel.edu
AF: Bartol Research Institute University of Delaware, 217 Sharp Lab, Newark, De 19716
AU: Bieber, J W
EM: john@bartol.udel.edu
AF: Bartol Research Institute University of Delaware, 217 Sharp Lab, Newark, De 19716
AU: Clem, J
EM: clem@bartol.udel.edu
AF: Bartol Research Institute University of Delaware, 217 Sharp Lab, Newark, De 19716
AU: Evenson, P
EM: penguin@bartol.udel.edu
AF: Bartol Research Institute University of Delaware, 217 Sharp Lab, Newark, De 19716
AB: Spaceship Earth is a network of neutron monitors strategically located to provide precise, real-time, 3-dimensional measurements of the cosmic ray angular distribution. This network consists of 9 polar stations viewing narrow regions in the equatorial plane at 40-degree intervals, with 2 additional stations viewing well above and below the plane. These measurements, together with knowledge of the interplanetary magnetic field, allow us to perform real-time calculations of the three-dimensional pitch-angle distributions of the cosmic rays. In this paper we will describe the real time data collection, normalization and fitting procedures that allow the generation of the displays found at our space weather website at $<$http://www.bartol.udel.edu/~NeutronM/SpaceWeather$>$. Supported by NSF grants ATM-0207196 and ATM-0000315.
DE: 2104 Cosmic rays
SC: SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics [SH]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting