Variations of the high energy muon flux and space-time structure of the temperature profile in the atmosphere

We present the investigation of the Correlation and Temperature Coefficients as a function of the altitude of the temperature measurements. The flux of high-energy muons (threshold energy 220 GeV) as a function of atmospheric temperature is measured using data from the Baksan Underground Scintillation Telescope (BUST). The minima of the Correlation and Temperature Coefficients as a function of the altitude correspond to atmosphere tropopause and maxima are related to troposphere and stratosphere. The magnitude of temperature variation corresponding to minimum is approximately a half of the magnitude corresponding to maxima. The values of the Correlation and Temperature Coefficients around of the minimum are approximately a half of the corresponding values around of the maxima. The approximate coincidence of the minimum and maxima in the Correlation and the Temperature coefficients leads to the conclusion that this is due to not the magnitude, but rather to the temporal behaviour of the temperature in the respective regions of the atmosphere.