Longitudinal Monitoring of Particle Counts in the Pfotzer Maximum (2017-2025)

Authors

Scott Anderson, DePauw University
Jason Benyousky, DePauw University
Walae Dahmany, DePauw University
Tri Duong, DePauw University

Files

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

10-1-2025

Abstract

The Balloon Assisted Stratospheric Experiments (BASE) measures atmospheric muons using an array of instruments carried by weather balloons. We seek to spend extended time in the region of highest intensity, the Regener-Pfotzer Maximum (Pfotzer Maximum). The effects of the cosmic ray- induced ionization that comprises the Pfotzer Maximum are relatively unknown and may include cloud formation, precipitation, cyclogenesis, aerosol formation, atmospheric transparency, and more. With Geiger counters, we can measure the secondary particles produced by atmospheric cascades in order to better understand the Pfotzer Maximum and how it changes over time.

Department

Department of Physics, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN

Project Mentor

Dr. Howard Brooks

Funding and Acknowledgements

The Science Research Fellows Program and the J. William Asher & Melanie J. Norton Endowed Fund in the Sciences

Recommended Citation

Anderson, Scott; Benyousky, Jason; Dahmany, Walae; and Duong, Tri, "Longitudinal Monitoring of Particle Counts in the Pfotzer Maximum (2017-2025)" (2025). Annual Student Research Poster Session. 213.
https://scholarship.depauw.edu/srfposters/213