https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20158902003
Atmospheric monitoring in MAGIC and data corrections
1 Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany
2 Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
a e-mail: fruck@mpp.mpg.de
b e-mail: markus.gaug@uab.cat
Published online: 26 March 2015
A method for analyzing returns of a custom-made “micro”-LIDAR system, operated alongside the two MAGIC telescopes is presented. This method allows for calculating the transmission through the atmospheric boundary layer as well as thin cloud layers. This is achieved by applying exponential fits to regions of the back-scattering signal that are dominated by Rayleigh scattering. Making this real-time transmission information available for the MAGIC data stream allows to apply atmospheric corrections later on in the analysis. Such corrections allow for extending the effective observation time of MAGIC by including data taken under adverse atmospheric conditions. In the future they will help reducing the systematic uncertainties of energy and flux.
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