000820927 001__ 820927 000820927 005__ 20210129224652.0 000820927 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1002/2015WR018236 000820927 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a0043-1397 000820927 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a0148-0227 000820927 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a1944-7973 000820927 0247_ $$2WOS$$aWOS:000383684400042 000820927 0247_ $$2Handle$$a2128/16112 000820927 037__ $$aFZJ-2016-06191 000820927 082__ $$a550 000820927 1001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aAndreasen, Mie$$b0$$eCorresponding author 000820927 245__ $$aModeling cosmic ray neutron field measurements 000820927 260__ $$a[New York]$$bWiley$$c2016 000820927 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000820927 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000820927 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1512391046_12599 000820927 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000820927 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000820927 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000820927 520__ $$aThe cosmic ray neutron method was developed for intermediate-scale soil moisture detection, but may potentially be used for other hydrological applications. The neutron signal of different hydrogen pools is poorly understood and separating them is difficult based on neutron measurements alone. Including neutron transport modeling may accommodate this shortcoming. However, measured and modeled neutrons are not directly comparable. Neither the scale nor energy ranges are equivalent, and the exact neutron energy sensitivity of the detectors is unknown. Here a methodology to enable comparability of the measured and modeled neutrons is presented. The usual cosmic ray soil moisture detector measures moderated neutrons by means of a proportional counter surrounded by plastic, making it sensitive to epithermal neutrons. However, that configuration allows for some thermal neutrons to be measured. The thermal contribution can be removed by surrounding the plastic with a layer of cadmium, which absorbs neutrons with energies below 0.5 eV. Likewise, cadmium shielding of a bare detector allows for estimating the epithermal contribution. First, the cadmium difference method is used to determine the fraction of thermal and epithermal neutrons measured by the bare and plastic-shielded detectors, respectively. The cadmium difference method results in linear correction models for measurements by the two detectors, and has the greatest impact on the neutron intensity measured by the moderated detector at the ground surface. Next, conversion factors are obtained relating measured and modeled neutron intensities. 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