Station name: |
South Pole |
Station short name: |
SOPO |
Start date: |
1964-03-01 |
End date: |
None |
Head organization: |
Bartol Research Foundation, University of Delaware, Sharp Laboratory, Newark, DE 19716, USA |
Principal investigator: |
Paul Evenson |
Contact person: |
Roger Pyle |
Latitude [°]: |
-90.0 |
Longitude [°]: |
0.0 |
Altitude [m] asl: |
2820.0 |
Geomagnetic cutoff rigidity [GV]: |
0.1 |
Average count rate [s-1] during solar activity minimum: |
320.0 |
Average count rate [s-1] during solar activity maximum: |
190.0 |
Reference atmospheric pressure [mbar]: |
680.0 |
Barometric coefficient [%/mbar]: |
0.74 |
Information on detector housing: |
Material of the detector housing roof: TBD g/cm^2 |
Type of counter tube: |
3-He counter (LND 25373) |
Number of counter tubes: |
3 |
Information on detector: |
Moderator: Standard NM-64 |
Atmospheric pressure sensor: |
DigiQuartz Digital Barometer (shared with SOPB) |
Information about clock: |
GPS receiver (shared with SOPB) |