Mathematical Institute

Description of Atmospheric Conditions at the Pierre Auger Observatory
using the Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS)

Collaboration, T Abreu, P Aglietta, M Ahlers, M Ahn, E Albuquerque, I Allard, D Allekotte, I Allen, J Allison, P Almela, A Castillo, J Alvarez-Muñiz, J Ambrosio, M Aminaei, A Anchordoqui, L Andringa, S Antičić, T Aramo, C Arganda, E Arqueros, F Asorey, H Assis, P Aublin, J Ave, M Avenier, M Avila, G Bäcker, T Badescu, A Balzer, M Barber, K Barbosa, A Bardenet, R Barroso, S Baughman, B Bäuml, J Beatty, J Becker, B Becker, K Bellétoile, A Bellido, J BenZvi, S Berat, C Bertou, X Biermann, P Billoir, P Blanco, F Blanco, M Bleve, C Blümer, H Boháčová, M Boncioli, D Bonifazi, C Bonino, R Borodai, N Brack, J Brancus, I Brogueira, P Brown, W Bruijn, R Buchholz, P Bueno, A Burton, R Caballero-Mora, K Caccianiga, B Caramete, L Caruso, R Castellina, A Catalano, O Cataldi, G Cazon, L Cester, R Chauvin, J Cheng, S Chiavassa, A Chinellato, J Diaz, J Chudoba, J Clay, R Coluccia, M Conceição, R Contreras, F Cook, H Cooper, M Coppens, J Cordier, A Coutu, S Covault, C Creusot, A Criss, A Cronin, J Curutiu, A Dagoret-Campagne, S Dallier, R Daniel, B Dasso, S Daumiller, K Dawson, B Almeida, R Domenico, M Donato, C Jong, S Vega, G Junior, W Neto, J Mitri, I Souza, V Vries, K Peral, L Río, M Deligny, O Dembinski, H Dhital, N Giulio, C Castro, M Diep, P Diogo, F Dobrigkeit, C Docters, W D'Olivo, J Dong, P Dorofeev, A Anjos, J Dova, M D'Urso, D Dutan, I Ebr, J Engel, R Erdmann, M Escobar, C Espadanal, J Etchegoyen, A Luis, P Tapia, I Falcke, H Farrar, G Fauth, A Fazzini, N Ferguson, A Fick, B Filevich, A Filipčič, A Fliescher, S Fracchiolla, C Fraenkel, E Fratu, O Fröhlich, U Fuchs, B Gaior, R Gamarra, R Gambetta, S García, B Roca, S Garcia-Gamez, D Garcia-Pinto, D Gascon, A Gemmeke, H Ghia, P Giaccari, U Giller, M Glass, H Gold, M Golup, G Albarracin, F Berisso, M Vitale, P Gonçalves, P Gonzalez, D Gonzalez, J Gookin, B Gorgi, A Gouffon, P Grashorn, E Grebe, S Griffith, N Grigat, M Grillo, A Guardincerri, Y Guarino, F Guedes, G Guzman, A Hansen, P Harari, D Harrison, T Harton, J Haungs, A Hebbeker, T Heck, D Herve, A Hojvat, C Hollon, N Holmes, V Homola, P Hörandel, J Horneffer, A Horvath, P Hrabovský, M Huber, D Huege, T Insolia, A Ionita, F Italiano, A Jarne, C Jiraskova, S Josebachuili, M Kadija, K Kampert, K Karhan, P Kasper, P Kégl, B Keilhauer, B Keivani, A Kelley, J Kemp, E Kieckhafer, R Klages, H Kleifges, M Kleinfeller, J Knapp, J Koang, D Kotera, K Krohm, N Krömer, O Kruppke-Hansen, D Kuehn, F Kuempel, D Kulbartz, J Kunka, N Rosa, G Lachaud, C LaHurd, D Latronico, L Lauer, R Lautridou, P Coz, S Leão, M Lebrun, D Lebrun, P Oliveira, M Letessier-Selvon, A Lhenry-Yvon, I Link, K López, R Agüera, A Louedec, K Bahilo, J Lu, L Lucero, A Ludwig, M Lyberis, H Maccarone, M Macolino, C Maldera, S Mandat, D Mantsch, P Mariazzi, A Marin, J Marin, V Maris, I Falcon, H Marsella, G Martello, D Martin, L Martinez, H Bravo, O Mathes, H Matthews, J Matthiae, G Maurel, D Maurizio, D Mazur, P Medina-Tanco, G Melissas, M Melo, D Menichetti, E Menshikov, A Mertsch, P Meurer, C Mićanović, S Micheletti, M Minaya, I Miramonti, L Molina-Bueno, L Mollerach, S Monasor, M Ragaigne, D Montanet, F Morales, B Morello, C Moreno, E Moreno, J Mostafá, M Moura, C Muller, M Müller, G Münchmeyer, M Mussa, R Navarra, G Navarro, J Navas, S Necesal, P Nellen, L Nelles, A Neuser, J Nhung, P Niechciol, M Niemietz, L Nierstenhoefer, N Nitz, D Nosek, D Nožka, L Oehlschläger, J Olinto, A Ortiz, M Pacheco, N Selmi-Dei, D Palatka, M Pallotta, J Palmieri, N Parente, G Parizot, E Parra, A Pastor, S Paul, T Pech, M Pȩkala, J Pelayo, R Pepe, I Perrone, L Pesce, R Petermann, E Petrera, S Petrinca, P Petrolini, A Petrov, Y Pfendner, C Piegaia, R Pierog, T Pieroni, P Pimenta, M Pirronello, V Platino, M Ponce, V Pontz, M Porcelli, A Privitera, P Prouza, M Quel, E Querchfeld, S Rautenberg, J Ravel, O Ravignani, D Revenu, B Ridky, J Riggi, S Risse, M Ristori, P Rivera, H Rizi, V Roberts, J Carvalho, W Rodriguez, G Martino, J Rojo, J Rodriguez-Cabo, I Rodríguez-Frías, M Ros, G Rosado, J Rossler, T Roth, M Rouillé-d'Orfeuil, B Roulet, E Rovero, A Rühle, C Saftoiu, A Salamida, F Salazar, H Greus, F Salina, G Sánchez, F Santo, C Santos, E Sarazin, F Sarkar, B Sarkar, S Sato, R Scharf, N Scherini, V Schieler, H Schiffer, P Schmidt, A Scholten, O Schoorlemmer, H Schovancova, J Schovánek, P Schröder, F Schulte, S Schuster, D Sciutto, S Scuderi, M Segreto, A Settimo, M Shadkam, A Shellard, R Sidelnik, I Sigl, G Lopez, H Sima, O Śmiałkowski, A Šmída, R Snow, G Sommers, P Sorokin, J Spinka, H Squartini, R Srivastava, Y Stanic, S Stapleton, J Stasielak, J Stephan, M Stutz, A Suarez, F Suomijärvi, T Supanitsky, A Šuša, T Sutherland, M Swain, J Szadkowski, Z Szuba, M Tapia, A Tartare, M Taşcău, O Ruiz, C Tcaciuc, R Thao, N Thomas, D Tiffenberg, J Timmermans, C Tkaczyk, W Peixoto, C Toma, G Tomankova, L Tomé, B Tonachini, A Travnicek, P Tridapalli, D Tristram, G Trovato, E Tueros, M Ulrich, R Unger, M Urban, M Galicia, J Valiño, I Valore, L Berg, A Varela, E Cárdenas, B Vázquez, J Vázquez, R Veberič, D Verzi, V Vicha, J Videla, M Villaseñor, L Wahlberg, H Wahrlich, P Wainberg, O Walz, D Watson, A Weber, M Weidenhaupt, K Weindl, A Werner, F Westerhoff, S Whelan, B Widom, A Wieczorek, G Wiencke, L Wilczyńska, B Wilczyński, H Will, M Williams, C Winchen, T Wommer, M Wundheiler, B Yamamoto, T Yapici, T Younk, P Yuan, G Yushkov, A Zamorano, B Zas, E Zavrtanik, D Zavrtanik, M Zaw, I Zepeda, A Zhu, Y Silva, M Ziolkowski, M Astropart. Phys. volume 35 591-607 (11 Jan 2012) http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.2276v2