Calibration of the NOvA Far Detector

NOvA, currently under construction, is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment that will use the NuMI beam originating at Fermilab. NOvA enables the study of two oscillation channels: $\nu_{\mu}$ disappearance and $\nu_{e}$ appearance and their CP conjugates. It consists of two functionally identical detectors; the Near Detector (ND) at FNAL is 100 m underground and the Far Detector (FD) near International Falls in Northern Minnesota is on the surface. The modular design of the detectors allows us to commission and calibrate sections of the detectors independently of others. The location of the FD on surface facilitates the use of cosmic rays as a tool to calibrate it. This talk will describe the methods used to calibrate the NOvA far detector.