Geophysical Research Network operating in the Aragats Space Environmental Center

1. Geophysical Research Network operating in the Aragats Space Environmental Center A. Chilingaryan1, K. Arakelyan1, S. Chilingarian2, A. Reymers1 1 A. Alikhanian National Laboratory, Armenia 2 A. Alikhanian National Laboratory and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

2. Aragats Station Altitude 3200m above sea level. Geographical coordinates is 40o28'N, 44o10'E, RC=7.1GV

3. 15 Monitors at Aragats Electric Field Antenna Geiger Magnetic and Telluric Filed SEVAN Weather Station AMMM Lightning Detector Cube NaI(Tl) Stand Stand_3cm

4. Aragats high altitude research station • Total number of monitors at station – 15 • Number of physical channels – 200. • Number of software channels – 581. • Type of measurements – Cosmic ray fluxes, Geomagnetic field, Electrical field, Lightning types and distances, Weather parameters. • Type of Detectors – Organic and inorganic scintillatiors (Plastic and NaI crystal), Geiger and Proportional counters, Fluxgate, Electrical field mills, Direction-finding antenna, other sensors. • Measured parameters of the Cosmic ray fluxes: • Electrons and muons with energy thresholds – 2,4,7,9,12,15,18,25,35,100 MeV. • High energy muons with energy > 5GeV; > 250MeV. • Gamma Rays. • Thermal and MeV neutrons. • Extensive Air shower corresponding to primary energies 100-200 TeV. • Horizontal muons within acceptance of 0 +/- 0.5 degree. • Histograms of energy deposits. • Event selection according to chosen triggering conditions; possibility to change scale of time series from 1 second to 1 minute.

5. Nor-Amberd Station Altitude 2000m above sea level. Geographical coordinates is 40o22'N, 44o15'E , RC=7.1GV

6. 9 Monitors at Nor-Amberd SEVAN Electric Field Magnetic Filed Lightning Detector Geiger Weather Station

7. Monitors located at Nor-Amberd station • Total number of monitors at station – 9. • Number of physical channels – 59. • Number of software channels – 384. • Type of measurements – Cosmic ray fluxes, Geomagnetic field, Electrical field, Lightning types and distances, Weather parameters. • Type of Detectors – Scintillatiors, Proportional and Geiger counters, Fluxgate, Electrical field mill, Direction-finding antenna, other sensors. • Measured parameters of Cosmic ray fluxes: • Electrons and muons with energy threshold – 10, 15 MeV. • Muons with energy > 350MeV; 12 angular bins of the arriving muons • Gamma rays. • Thermal and MeV neutrons. • 1-minute histograms of energy deposits. • Flexible system of different event selection according to chosen triggering conditions; possibility to change scale of time series from 1 second to 1 minute

8. Yerevan headquarters Altitude 1000m above sea level. Geographical coordinates is 40o22'N, 44o15'E, RC=7.1GV

9. Monitors at Yerevan headquarters • Total number of monitors at station – 4. • Number of physical channels – 14. • Number of software channels – 79. • Type of measurements – Cosmic ray fluxes, Electrical field, Lightning types and distances, Weather parameters • Type of Detectors – Plastic scintillatiors, NaI crystal, Electrical field mill, Direction-finding antenna, other sensors. • Measured parameters of Cosmic ray fluxes: • Electrons and muons with energy threshold – 7, 15, 20 MeV MeV. • Muons with energy > 250MeV • Neutrons and Gamma rays. • Other Features: • 1-minute histograms of energy deposits. • Flexible system of different event selection according to chosen triggering conditions; possibility to change scale of time series from 1 second to 1 minute SEVAN Electric Field Lightning Detector Cube_3cm

10. SEVAN Monitors abroad Bulgaria, Mt. Musala, 42°10'45"N, 23°35'8"E, 2925m asl India, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 28°32'26"N, 077°09'46"E, 258m asl Croatia, Zagreb, 45°49'7"N, 15°58'30"E 160m asl

11. Data size of ASEC GP network At this moment, geophysical research network consist from 31 monitors, 342 physical channels and 1063 software channels.

12. Advanced Data Extraction Infrastructure (ADEI) http://adei.crd.yerphi.am