Station name: |
NEWK at Swarthmore, PA |
Station short name: |
NEWK |
Start date: |
1964-07-01 |
End date: |
1978-01-01 |
Head organization: |
Bartol Research Foundation, University of Delaware, Sharp Laboratory, Newark, DE 19716, USA |
Principal investigator: |
John Bieber |
Contact person: |
Roger Pyle |
Latitude [°]: |
40.04 |
Longitude [°]: |
-75.34 |
Altitude [m] asl: |
141.0 |
Geomagnetic cutoff rigidity [GV]: |
2.4 |
Average count rate [s-1] during solar activity minimum: |
100.0 |
Average count rate [s-1] during solar activity maximum: |
80.0 |
Reference atmospheric pressure [mbar]: |
1013.0 |
Barometric coefficient [%/mbar]: |
0.735 |
Information on detector housing: |
Material of the detector housing roof: TBD g/cm^2 |
Type of counter tube: |
9 Chalk River neutron BP28 counters |
Number of counter tubes: |
9 |
Information on detector: |
Moderator: Standard NM-64 |
Atmospheric pressure sensor: |
DigiQuartz Digital Barometer |
Information about clock: |
GPS receiver |