Data Base of Kerguelen Neutron Monitor

Kerguelen Neutron Monitor is situated in Kerguelen, INDIAN OCEAN
It is a project of by the French Polar Institute (IPEV, Brest) and by Paris Observatory, FRANCE

Latitude: -49.35S
Longitude: 70.27E
Altitude: 33 m
Rigidity (1965): 1.14 GV
Standard atmoshperic pressure: 1000 mb
Barometric coefficient (2004): -0.75 %/mb
SF=400 (The mean count is around 840000/hour or 14000/min,)

Address:
Dr. Pierre Lantos
LESIA - Soleil-Planètes (n°14)
Paris-Meudon Observatory - Section de Meudon 5, Place Jules Janssen
92195 MEUDON CEDEX (France)
Tel: 33 01 45 07 7767
Fax: 33 01 45 07 7959
E-mail Dr. Pierre Lantos

Database contents of Kerguelen neutron monitor data worked from 1957 (18NM64). The interval of accumulation: hourly from 1957; besides, 1-minute data from 1998. An interactive access is possible to this database and FTP as well.

Interactive access

Data in this regime are available in graphical and in digital presentation as well. All graphical plots are given relative to February 1987.

Access by FTP

One-minute data are in directory ftp_NM1, hourly data in directory ftp_NM. Ground Level Enhancement (GLE) data are in the GLE directory. One-type data are presented in their own Format: hourly data in format C, 1-minute data in W format, and GLE data in GLE format.

There are three types of 1-minute data: neutron monitor data corrected for atmospheric pressure (C), atmospheric pressure (P), and neutron monitor data uncorrected for atmospheric pressure (U). Hourly data are presented uncorrected (U) and corrected for atmospheric pressure (P). Pressure corrected hourly data are kept as original (O) and corrected (C).