The temperature effect in the muon flux of cosmic rays: Methods for considering and evaluating the parameters of earth’s atmosphere

Simplified approaches to adjusting the muon flux for the temperature effect (e.g., those of the effective level of muon generation and mass-averaged atmosphere temperature) are considered. The accuracy of adjustment is evaluated using data from the URAGAN muon hodoscope (Moscow, Russia). The difference between the adjusted data using temperature coefficients that are differential by altitude and the simplified methods does not exceed 1–1.5%. The considered methods can be used for a fast preliminary adjustment of experimental data, and for solving the inverse problem of evaluating atmospheric parameters according to the muon hodoscope data.