The Effect of Clouds on Air Showers Observation from Space

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2003-10-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0310810v1

Astropart.Phys. 21 (2004) 163-182

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

31 pages, 13 figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.astropartphys.2004.01.

Issues relating to extensive air showers observation by a space-borne fluorescence detector and the effects of clouds on the observations are investigated using Monte Carlo simulation. The simulations assume the presence of clouds with varying altitudes and optical depths. Simulated events are reconstructed assuming a cloud-free atmosphere. While it is anticipated that auxiliary instruments, such as LIDAR (LIght Detection And Ranging), will be employed to measure the atmospheric conditions during actual observation, it is still possible that these instruments may fail to recognize the presence of a cloud in a particular shower observation. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects on the reconstructed shower parameters in such cases. Reconstruction results are shown for both monocular and stereo detectors and for the two limiting cases of optically thin, and optically thick clouds.

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