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High altitude cosmic ray observatory (LHAASO) is located at Haizi Mountain in Daocheng county, Sichuan province, China. Its wide field of view Cherenkov telescope array (WFCTA) is primarily used to study cosmic rays through observing the Cherenkov light signals produced during extensive air showers. Calibration, simulation, and reconstruction of WFCTA are all related to atmospheric depth. The atmospheric depth model currently used is the US standard atmosphere depth profile model. In this study, the US standard atmosphere depth profile model is compared with the atmospheric depth profile recorded by the infrared radiometer SABER carried by the satellite TIMED at LHAASO from 14 km to 50 km, and also with the atmospheric depth recorded by the ground meteorological station at LHAASO. The atmospheric depth obtained from the US standard atmosphere model is consistently smaller. The MSISE-90 atmospheric model describes the neutral temperature and density from the Earth's surface to the thermosphere. Further research shows good consistency between the MSISE-90 atmospheric model and the atmospheric depth recorded by TIMED/SABER and the ground standard meteorological station at LHAASO. According to the MSISE-90 atmospheric model, the average atmospheric depth profile at LHAASO is lowest in January, followed sequentially by February, March, April, November, and December, which are also the optimal observation months for WFCTA operation. The atmospheric boundary layer is highest in April, with the diurnal variation of atmospheric depth being about 2%. Using the functional form of the US standard atmosphere odel, the monthly atmospheric depth profile of the LHAASO site is obtained by fitting an atmospheric depth profile of 4.4 to 100 km per month. And the comparison between the lateral distribution of the Cherenkov photons produced by 100 TeV cosmic-ray protons incident at a zenith angle of 30° in the MSISE-90 atmospheric model and that in the US standard atmosphere model shows that their maximum difference reaches about 20%.
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Keywords:
- the MSISE-90 atmospheric model /
- atmospheric depth profiles /
- large high altitude air shower observatory /
- Cherenkov photon
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图 3 SABER和MSISE-90模型在29天内得出的平均大气深度廓线的比较. y轴表示SABER的大气深度廓线减去与MSISE-90模型对应的大气深度的差值
Figure 3. Comparison of the mean atmospheric depth profile derived from SABER and MSISE-90 model in 29 days. The y-axis represents for the difference of the mean atmospheric depth profile from SABER minus that from MSISE-90 model
图 4 MSISE-90 模型的大气深度减去气象站数据的大气深度的分布, MSISE-90 的大气深度与地面标准气象站的记录非常一致, 平均值为$ (3.752\pm0.036 )\, \text{ g/cm}^2 $, 可能是两个大气深度之间的系统性差异
Figure 4. Distribution of atmospheric depth with MSISE-90 model minus weather station data. The atmospheric depth of MSISE-90 is very consistent with records from standard weather stations on the ground, with an average of (3.752 ± 0.036) g·cm–2. It could be a systematic difference between the two atmospheric depths.
图 7 每月大气深度模型与美国标准大气模型产生的切伦科夫光的横向分布的比值随Rp的变化. y轴表示切伦科夫光密度比值, x轴表示到簇射轴的距离
Figure 7. Variation of Cherenkov light ratio with Rp in monthly atmospheric depth models versus US standard atmosphere. The y-axis represents the ratio of Cherenkov light density, and the x-axis represents the distance to the shower axis.
表 1 大气深度模型参数
Table 1. Atmospheric depth model parameters
Month Layer i Altitude h/km ai/(g·cm–2) bi/(g·cm–2) ci/(g·cm–2) Jan 1 4.4—10 –88.67664 1153.38932 885318.24144 2 10—40 0.1503 1368.33236 635083.57589 3 40—70 0.00097 594.27741 759999.94129 4 70—100 –0.00086 1907.62483 667666.97913 Feb 1 4.4—10 –87.39177 1154.47929 881758.5079 2 10—40 0.15609 1367.33681 635285.9599 3 40—70 0.00027 576.34076 764858.0621 4 70—100 –0.00085 2045.36876 663026.919 Mar 1 4.4—10 –87.84831 1151.6271 885628.7299 2 10—40 0.11315 1369.10268 635555.228 3 40—70 –0.00049 553.3669 771529.8036 4 70—100 –0.00091 2209.83224 658731.9146 Apr 1 4.4—10 –90.25622 1145.51995 897003.8093 2 10—40 0.06234 1373.1308 635903.6963 3 40—70 –0.00116 539.40289 776888.0464 4 70—100 –0.00097 2423.60087 654760.7167 May 1 4.4—10 –94.01004 1143.16428 911761.1959 2 10—40 0.03596 1381.07511 636947.2602 3 40—70 –0.00132 549.94468 776854.1294 4 70—100 –0.00106 2661.49827 651353.7108 Jun 1 4.4—10 –97.91433 1146.13178 925652.5235 2 10—40 0.01816 1390.15178 639198.5601 3 40—70 –0.00087 583.28466 771416.4869 4 70—100 –0.00114 2874.15677 648179.0992 Jul 1 4.4—10 –100.06562 1148.64061 933675.7634 2 10—40 –0.02423 1392.20555 641946.5067 3 40—70 –0.00005 618.18009 764300.351 4 70—100 –0.00111 2927.94379 646356.8679 Aug 1 4.4—10 –100.35386 1151.17543 934589.3083 2 10—40 –0.09651 1391.26844 643717.7458 3 40—70 0.00089 636.09755 759237.935 4 70—100 –0.00106 2753.18923 647878.0245 Sep 1 4.4—10 –98.98887 1149.90531 929337.2904 2 10—40 –0.15062 1386.23148 643237.0362 3 40—70 0.0016 629.96089 757639.8883 4 70—100 –0.00097 2427.85445 653170.7765 Oct 1 4.4—10 –96.77554 1147.98637 919739.3653 2 10—40 –0.13485 1381.02577 640744.2671 3 40—70 0.0019 614.52746 757915.0523 4 70—100 –0.00091 2107.53654 660753.9717 Nov 1 4.4—10 –94.08387 1147.66351 907591.9124 2 10—40 –0.04465 1376.11079 637729.8644 3 40—70 –0.00183 604.50776 758089.8866 4 70—100 –0.00088 1903.76056 667277.3079 Dec 1 4.4—10 –91.25224 1150.55845 895114.7529 2 10—40 0.07201 1372.32941 635695.0018 3 40—70 0.0015 601.61656 758134.5887 4 70—100 –0.00089 1844.46114 669845.4268 -
[1] He H H 2018 Radiation Detection Technology and Methods 2 1
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[6] LHAASO Collaboration 2021 Eur. Phys. J. C 81 657
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[14] 柳靖, 唐晓凡, 夏君集, 祝凤荣 2024 高原山地气象研究 44 1674
Liu J, Tang X F, Xia J J, Zhu F R 2024 Plateau and Mountain Meteorology Research 44 1674
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Cheng X, Xiao C Y, Hu X, Yang J F 2018 SCIENTIA SINICA Physica, Mechanica & Astronomica 48 79
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Google Scholar
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