Fluctuations and latitude effect of cosmic rays at high altitudes and latitudes

• Published in: Physical Review
• Main Authors: Neher, H. V., Peterson, V. Z., Stern, E. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1953
• Subjects: Caltech Library Services; Bismarck; Greenland; Thule
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/8948/; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/8948/1/NEHpr53.pdf; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:NEHpr53

Using a newly developed ionization chamber, which transmits its information by radio, simultaneous balloon flights were made from widely separated stations in the summer of 1951. Bismarck, North Dakota (geomagnetic latitude, λm, 56°N) was used as a base station. Four flights were made from shipboard...