The Latin American Giant Observatory (LAGO) is an international collaboration focused on the study of the phenomenology of Cosmic Rays (CR) in different energy ranges. Data is retrieved using Water Cherenkov Detectors(WCD) and by the execution of several simulations. Ecuador has been working in the LAGO project for almost 3 years, during this period three detectors had been installed in different universities of the country: one in Riobamba, ESPOCH (2784 m.a.s.l) and two in the city of Quito, USFQ (2430 m.a.s.l) and EPN (2830 m.a.s.l). A complete set of simulations have been performed within the LAGO simulation framework, based on a combination of Magnetocosmics, CORSIKA and GEANT4 codes. In this work, the detector characterization, calibration and the first Ecuadorian data is presented.

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CHARM, Cosmic High Altitude Radiation Monitor, is an observatory whose target is the study of cosmic rays. This is actually under construction stage, it consists of an array of Water Cherenkov Detectors (WCD) located in Puebla México, at 18.591N and 97.1876W, 4300 meters over sea level. Each WCD container inner walls is covered inside with a high UV reflective material called Tyvek, and it is filled with 12000 liters of pure water. The WCD has a sensitive area of 10 m², and the Photomultiplier inside (PMT) is an EMI 9530A (PMT), which has the acquisition electronic associated too. The observatory is designed to study high-energy cosmic rays in the range 1 PeV-100 PeV. This work presents the actual status, the temporal structure signals (peak amplitude and integrated charge) and the stability of the Water Cherenkov Detectors. This study is performed using secondary particles from the background.