A high-time resolution Neutron Monitor Database (NMDB) has started to be realized in the frame of the Seventh Framework Programme\ud of the European Commission. This database will include cosmic ray data from at least 18 neutron monitors distributed around\ud the world and operated in real-time. The implementation of the NMDB will provide the opportunity for several research applicationsmost of which will be realized in real-time mode. An important one will be the establishment of an Alert signal when dangerous solar\ud cosmic ray particles are heading to the Earth, resulting into ground level enhancements effects registered by neutron monitors. Furthermore,\ud on the basis of these events analysis, the mapping of all ground level enhancement features in near real-time mode will provide an\ud overall picture of these phenomena and will be used as an input for the calculation of the ionization of the atmosphere. The latter will beuseful together with other contributions to radiation dose calculations within the atmosphere at several altitudes and will reveal the\ud absorbed doses during flights. Moreover, special algorithms for anisotropy and pitch angle distribution of solar cosmic rays, which have\ud been developed over the years, will also be set online offering the advantage to give information about the conditions of the interplanetary\ud space. All of the applications will serve the needs of the modern world which relies at space environment and will use the extensivenetwork of neutron monitors as a multi-directional spectrographic detector. On top of which, the decreases of the cosmic ray intensity –\ud known as Forbush decreases – will also be analyzed and a number of important parameters such as galactic cosmic ray anisotropy will be\ud made available to the users of NMDB. A part of the NMDB project is also dedicated to the creation of a public outreach website with the scope to inform about cosmic rays and their possible effects on humans, technological systems and space-terrestrial environment. Therefore, NMDB will also stand as an informative gate on space research through neutron monitor's data usage.\ud © 2010 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

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In this paper we present a description of the new complex installation for the study of extensive air showers which was created at the Tien Shan mountain cosmic ray station, as well as the results of the test measurements made there in 2014-2016. At present, the system for registration of electromagnetic shower component consists of ∼100 detector points built on the basis of plastic scintillator plates with the sensitive area of 0.25m 2 and 1m 2 , spread equidistantly over ∼10 4 m 2 space. The dynamic range of scintillation amplitude measurements is currently about (3 − 7) · 10 4 , and there is a prospect of it being extended up to ∼10 6 . The direction of shower arrival is defined by signal delays from a number of the scintillators placed cross-wise at the periphery of the detector system. For the investigation of nuclear active shower components there was created a multi-tier 55m 2 ionization-neutron calorimeter with a sum absorber thickness of ∼1000g/cm 2 , typical spatial resolution of the order of 10cm, and dynamic range of ionization measurement channel about ∼10 5 . Also, the use of saturation-free neutron detectors is anticipated for registration of the high-and lowenergy hadron components in the region of shower core. A complex of underground detectors is designed for the study of muonic and penetrative nuclear-active components of the shower.The full stack of data acquisition, detector calibration, and shower parameters restoration procedures are now completed, and the newly obtained shower size spectrum and lateral distribution of shower particles occur in agreement with conventional data. Future studies in the field of 10 14 − 10 17 eV cosmic ray physics to be held at the new shower installation are discussed.

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