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Author(s)
Inacio Malmonge Martin1, Marcelo Pego Gomes1, Marco Antonio Ferro2 and Franklin Andrade Silva1
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DOI:10.17265/2162-5263/2017.03.001
Affiliation(s)
1. Physics Department, Technological Institute of AeronauticsITA, São José dos Campos, SP 12228-900, Brazil
2. Aeronautical and Space InstituteIAE, São José dos Campos, SP 12228-900, Brazil
ABSTRACT
Gamma radiation
measurements integrated between 200 keV and 10.0
MeV were performed between 03/07/2017 and 05/24/2017 from a tower of 25 meters
of altitude in the region of São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil. Throughout this
period, there were 9 intense and moderate rains with 11 arrivals of cold fronts
coming from southern Brazil. Through measurements of gamma
radiation integrated in the energy range mentioned above, the presence of these
meteorological parameters and their variations in the region can clearly be
observed. Through a potential calibration between the measured gamma radiation
intensity and the observed rainfall intensity, it is possible to monitor rains
by time interval using this gamma ray detector. Another very important
parameter for the region consists of monitoring the number of passages of cold
fronts that interfere in the local climatology. This low-cost, easy-to-operate
technique can be applied and used in any tropical and equatorial region of the earth’s
surface.
KEYWORDS
Ionizing radiation, rain, meteorological parameters.
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