Cosmic on air
from 04/02/2019
The Cosmic On Air project is a citizen science project which aims to collect measurements of dose rate carried out on board airplane by the public to organize and make them available to the scientific community, in particular those which could be carried out during solar flares. These phenomena can significantly increase dose rates at flight altitudes. Solar eruptions are sporadic phenomena and those with a significant effect in terms of dose rate are rare. For this reason, very few measurements on board aircraft have been made, which limits the understanding of these phenomena in the atmosphere.
Aim
The Cosmic On Air project is a citizen science project which aims to collect measurements of dose rate carried out on board airplane by the public to organize and make them available to the scientific community according to FAIR and open science policies, in particular those which could be carried out during solar flares.
Needed equipment
Differents types of radiation detectors can be used. All detectors compatible with the OpenRadiation smartphones application (visit OpenRadiation website) or any detector providing measurement files (cf. Safecast, GQ GMC series, Radiocode..)
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Created March 10, 2025, 3 p.m.
Updated March 10, 2025, 3:26 p.m.
