At the Testa Grigia high altitude research Station (3480 m. a.s.l, Italy, 45◦57′ N, 7◦42’ E) several dosimetric
campaigns for the measurement of the dose due to secondary neutrons produced in the atmosphere and in the
surrounding environment by primary cosmic rays have been carried out from 2014 until 2021. Because of the
high altitude of the site, the neutron flux at Testa Grigia is 10–15 times higher than at the sea level. Various
instruments has been used to evaluate the dependence of the ambient dose equivalent rate from different factors
as atmospheric parameters, environmental conditions and solar activity. Moreover, since October 2014 a
modular neutron monitor designed, realized and tested by the SVIRCO Observatory Group INAF-IAPS in Rome, is
permanently operating in the laboratory, providing a continuous monitoring of primary cosmic ray variability
and making the laboratory an ideal place for dosimetric studies, instrument calibration and “in field” tests. In this
paper the results of several neutron measurements carried out in the last years in periods of different solar ac-
tivity and environmental conditions are reported, with a discussion on the origin of the observed variations of the
ambient dose equivalent rate.
