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Cloud Optical Depth obtained from the Infrared Camera data and the UV Flashers mounted on a helicopter flying under the EUSO-Balloon (CNES)

Aug 4, 2015, 4:00 PM
1h
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Churchillplein 10 2517 JW Den Haag The Netherlands
Board: 163
Poster contribution CR-IN Poster 3 CR

Speakers

Jose Luis Sánchez (University of León) Maria Rodriguez Frias (Space and Astroparticle Group UAH Madrid)

Description

The EUSO-Balloon (CNES) campaign was conducted during the summer of 2014. EUSO-Balloon was launched the night of August 24. A completely isolated Infrared Camera was mounted on the side of the gondola carrying the EUSO-Balloon instrument. During part of the balloon flight a helicopter with UV flashers was flown below the balloon. We have retrieved cloud coverage and Cloud Top Height (CTH) from the IR camera images during the same time that the flashers were operated under the balloon. The optical depth during times when the atmosphere was not clear will be inferred by comparing the luminosity of the flashers with the signal recorded by EUSO-Balloon both, in clear and not clear conditions.
Registration number following "ICRC2015-I/" 800
Collaboration JEM-EUSO

Primary author

G. Sáez-Cano (SPace & AStroparticle (SPAS) Group, UAH, Madrid, Spain.)

Co-authors

A. Merino (GFA. IMA. University of Leon, Leon, Spain.) E. Jóven (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Vía Lactea S/N, Tenerife, Spain.) J. Licandro (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Vía Lactea S/N, Tenerife, Spain.) J.F. Soriano (SPace & AStroparticle (SPAS) Group, UAH, Madrid, Spain.) J.H. Adams Jr. (University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), Huntsville, USA.) Jose Luis Sánchez (University of León) L. López (GFA. IMA. University of Leon, Leon, Spain.) L. Wiencke (Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA.) Luis Del Peral (SPace & AStroparticle (SPAS) Group, UAH, Madrid, Spain. and ISDC, Astronomy Dept. University of Geneva, Switzerland.) M. Mastafa (University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), Huntsville, USA.) M. Reyes (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Vía Lactea S/N, Tenerife, Spain.) Maria Rodriguez Frias (Space and Astroparticle Group UAH Madrid) S. Franchini (IDR/UPM, E. T. S. I. Aeronáutica y del Espacio, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.) Y. Martín (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Vía Lactea S/N, Tenerife, Spain.)

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