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Investigating Thunderstorm Activity in Moscow Region Via Methods of Muonography

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Using muon flux characteristics obtained by the URAGAN muon hodoscope, 235 thunderstorm event candidates were identified in 2014–2020, 211 of them were accompanied by thunderstorm cell detection. Comparative visualization of weather maps and muonographs (‘‘muon snapshots’’) for these events is presented. Possible explanations for the observed effect are discussed. Temporal distributions of the thunderstorm event candidates and muon flux wavelet analysis results are presented with discussion of the further prospects for the research.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The work has been performed at the Unique Scientific Facility ‘‘Experimental complex NEVOD’’ with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Project ‘‘Fundamental problems of cosmic rays and dark matter,’’ no. 072320200040.

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  1. National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, Russia

    A. P. Kachur, N. S. Barbashina, A. A. Petrukhin & V. V. Shutenko

  2. Federal State Budget Institution ‘‘Central Aerological Observatory’’, Roshydromet, Dolgoprudny, Moscow oblast, Russia

    Yu. B. Pavlyukov & N. I. Serebryannik

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Kachur, A.P., Barbashina, N.S., Pavlyukov, Y.B. et al. Investigating Thunderstorm Activity in Moscow Region Via Methods of Muonography. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 84, 1098–1104 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778821130135

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