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Chapter 11
BEO Moussala - A New Facility for Complex
Environment Studies
Chvetomir Angelov, Ivo Angelov, Todor Arsov, Nina Archangelova,
Alexander Boyukliiski, Anna Damianova, Miroliuba Drenska, Kostadin
Georgiev, Ivo Kalapov, Alexey Nishev, Nina Nikolova, Ilia Penev, Ivan Sivriev,
Jordan Stamenov, Asen Tchorbadjieff, Stevan Todorov, and Boyko Vachev
Abstract
The main areas of research at the Basic Environmental Observatory
(BEO) Moussala, Rila Mountain, are the aerospace and terrestrial environment.
The interactions between cosmic rays and Earth atmosphere, global change param-
eters and climate research, natural hazards and technological risks are the objec-
tives of the investigations. Real-time measurements of basic parameters of space
and atmosphere are carried out. The information is transmitted via a high fre-
quency radio-telecommunication system to the Internet and is stored in a database
for further analysis within GAW, EURDEP, EUSAAR and UNBSS international
programmes. Ecotoxicological investigations are performed to study the moun-
tain ecosystems. On-line data and detailed information about BEO Moussala are
available at:
http://beo-db.inrne.bas.bg
In 2009 the scientific research, carried out at peak Moussala, celebrated its 50th
Anniversary.
Keywords
High-mountain observatories
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Cosmic rays research
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Environmental
studies
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Global change
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Aerosol research
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Space weather
Abbreviations
BEO
Basic Environmental Observatory
CNRS
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
CRD - YPI
Cosmic Ray Division - Yerevan Physics Institute
EC
European Commission
ESF
European Science Foundation
EURDEP
European Radiological Data Exchange Platform
EUSAAR
European Supersites for Atmospheric Aerosol Research
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