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Summary
The Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) Data Base
at NCAR/HAO holds data collected from HF ionospheric doppler radars. The HF
radars are organized into a community called SuperDARN. Eleven of these radars
have data in the CEDAR Data Base. The basic parameters are the line-of-sight
plasma irregularity velocity and velocity spread. Most ... of the HF radar data
can be obtained from the contacts for each of the HF radars:

1. HF data from the SuperDARN station at Halley, Antarctica (75.5S,
26.6W). The CEDAR Data Base contains data from 6 campaigns between
1990 and 1995. The station has been in operation since 1988. The
contact person is Michael Pinnock. The Halley HF radar is jointly
supported by the British Antarctic Survey and the NSF Division of
Polar Programs.

2. HF data from the SuperDARN station at Syowa, Antarctica (69.02S,
39.56E). The CEDAR Data Base contains data from one campaign in 1995.
The station has been in operation since 1995. The contact person is
Natsuo Sato. The Syowa HF radar station is operated by the National
Institute of Polar Research in Japan.

3. HF data from the SuperDARN station at Kapuskasing, Canada (49.39N,
82.32W). Data from 15 campaigns since 1993 are in the CEDAR Data
Base. The station has been in operation since 1993. The contact
person is Michael Ruohoniemi. The station at Kapuskasing is operated
by the Applied Physics Laboratory of The Johns Hopkins University with
support from NASA and the NSF.

4. HF data from the SuperDARN station at Saskatoon, Canada (52.16N,
106.53W). Data from 15 campaigns since 1993 are in the CEDAR Data
Base. The station has been in operation since 1993. The contact person
is George Sofko. The Saskatoon HF radar is operated by the University
of Saskathewan with support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada.

5. HF data from the SuperDARN station at Goose Bay, Canada (53.32N,
60.46W). Data for 25 campaigns since 1988 are in the CEDAR Data
Base. The contact person is Michael Ruohoniemi. The Goose Bay HF
radar is operated by the Applied Physics Laboratory of The Johns
Hopkins University with support from the NSF.

6. HF data from the SuperDARN station at Hankasalmi, Finland (62.32N,
26.61E). Data for 7 campaigns since 1995 are in the CEDAR Data
Base. The station has been in operation since 1995. The contact
person is Mark Lester. The radar is operated by the Radio and Space
Plasma Physics Group at the University of Leicester with support from
the Particle Physics and Astronomy Council and the Finnish
Meteorological Institute and the Swedish Meteorological Institute.

7. HF data from the SuperDARN station at Stokkseyri, Iceland (63.86N,
22.02W). Data for 11 campaigns since 1995 are in the CEDAR Data Base.
The station has been in operation since 1994. The contact person is
Jean-Paul Villain. The Stokkseyri HF radar is operated by CNRS/LPCE
and CNRS/CETP with support from the Institut National des Sciences de
l'Univers.

8. HF data from the SuperDARN station at Pykkvibaer, Iceland (63.86N,
19.20E). Data for 6 campaigns since 1996 are in the CEDAR Data
Base. The station has been in operation since 1996. The contact
person is Mark Lester. The HF radar station is operated by the Radio
and Space Plasma Physics Group at the University of Leicester with
support from the Particle Physics and Astronomy Council and support
from the Finnish Meteorological Institute and the Swedish
Meteorological Institute.

9. HF data from the SuperDARN station at Kerguelen Island (49.35S, 70.28E; 58.9
magS), operated by CNRS, France since July 2000. The radar is southward
scanning and Syowa-East HF radar data are the most direct for 2-D merging of
the Kerguelen velocity data. Data for one campaign in 2000 are currently in the
CEDAR Database. Kerguelen summary plots are available via ftp at
ftp://canopus.cnrs-orleans.fr/pub/KER/SMR-PS/.

10. HF data from the SuperDARN station at the South African National Antarctic
Expedition (SANAE) site in Antarctica (71.68S, 2.85W; 62.0 magS). SANAE is run
by the University of Natal and the Potchefstroom University for Christelike
Hoer Onderwys (PUCHE) and has been in operation since 1997. SANAE is westward
scanning and Halley is the other HF radar for the most direct 2-D merging of
SANAE velocity data. The Database contains data from 1 campaign in May 1999.

11. HF data from the SuperDARN station at Syowa-East, Antarctica (69.02S,
39.56E; 64.9 magS), operated by the National Institute of Polar Research in
Japan since 1997. The radar is eastward scanning and Kerguelen HF radar data
are the most direct for 2-D merging of the Syowa-East velocity data. Data for
one campaign in 1999 are currently in the CEDAR Database. The Syowa SuperDARN
website is at http://www.uap.nipr.ac.jp/SD/.

The SuperDARN site is: http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/RADAR

The CEDAR Data Base is accessible through the WWW and ftp, but users
must have a valid access form, available from the WWW or ftp (see
Access and Use constraints) or contact Barbara Emery
(emery@hao.ucar.edu). See the WWW site for additonal information on
accessing the data and Rules of the Road procedures.

http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/catalog/Rules.html

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: CEDAR Dataset Title: Ionospheric Doppler Radars Dataset Series Name: CEDAR Data Base Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO Dataset Publisher: NCAR/HAO Online Resource: http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/catalog/cat.toctext.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1988-01-01 Stop Date: 1995-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA CONTINENT > EUROPE > NORTHERN EUROPE > SCANDINAVIA > FINLAND CONTINENT > EUROPE > NORTHERN EUROPE > ICELAND VERTICAL LOCATION > IONOSPHERE VERTICAL LOCATION > THERMOSPHERE GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

Science Keywords

SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE FLUX > ION FLUX SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE PROPERTIES > PARTICLE SPEED SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS > AURORAE SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS > ELECTRIC FIELDS/ELECTRIC CURRENTS SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE FLUX > ELECTRON FLUX

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

GROUND STATIONS

Instrument

DOPPLER RADAR RADAR > Radio Detection and Ranging

Project

CEDAR > Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions SUPERDARN > Super Dual Auroral Network

Quality

Varies. Refer to individual contacts for information.

Access Constraints

Data are accessible via CEDAR WWW site, ftp and/or from individual
CEDAR investigators.

Access to the CEDAR Data Base requires submission of an access form
available from:
http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/catalog/accreq.html

Use Constraints

Use of CEDAR data must follow established Rules of the Road:
http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/catalog/Rules.html

Acknowledgement of the instruments and of the CEDAR Data Base is required.

Ancillary Keywords

CEDAR DOPPLER RADARS HF ION VELOCITY NCAR PLASMA VELOCITY SUPERDARN VELOCITY SPREAD

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

NCAR/HAO

Data Center

Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, UCAR Data Center URL: http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/ Data Center Personnel Name: BARBARA EMERY Phone: (303) 497-1596 Fax: (303) 497-1589 Email: emery at ucar.edu Contact Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research High Altitude Observatory P.O. Box 3000 City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80307 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: ftp, WWW Distribution Size: varies Distribution Format: varies Fees: None, may depend on cost of reproduction

Personnel

MARK LESTER Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: (44) 0116-252-3580 Fax: (44) 0116-252-3555 Email: mle at ion.le.ac.uk Contact Address: Radio and Space Plasma Physics Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Leicester City: Leicester Postal Code: LE1 7RH Country: UNITED KINGDOM GENE R. MAJOR Role: DIF AUTHOR Email: gsfc-gcmduso at mail.nasa.gov MICHAEL PINNOCK Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: (44) 223-251534 Fax: (44) 223-62616 Email: mpi at pcmail.nerc-bas.ac.uk Contact Address: British Antarctic Survey High Cross Madingley Road City: Cambridge Postal Code: CB3 0ET Country: UNITED KINGDOM MICHAEL RUOHONIEMI Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: 301-953-5000x4572 Fax: 301-953-1093 Email: ruohoniemi at jhuapl.edu Contact Address: Applied Physics Laboratory The Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins Road City: Laurel Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20723-6099 Country: USA NATSUO SATO Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: +81-3-3962-5874 Fax: +81-3-3962-5874 Email: nsato at nipr.ac.jp Contact Address: 1-9-10 Kaga City: Itabashi-ku Province or State: Tokyo Postal Code: 173-8515 Country: Japan GEORGE SOFKO Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: 306-966-6444 Fax: 306-966-6400 Email: sofko at skias.usask.ca Contact Address: Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies University of Saskatchewan City: Saskatoon Province or State: Saskatchewan Postal Code: S7N 0W0 Country: CANADA JEAN-PAUL VILLAIN Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: (33) 38-515-28 Fax: (33) 38-631-234 Email: jvillain at cnrs-orleans.fr Contact Address: LPCE/CNR 3A Avenue de la Recherch Province or State: Orleans Cedex 2 Country: FRANCE

Related URL

Link: GET DATA Description: CEDAR Data Base Catalogue Link: GET DATA Description: Access to the SuperDARN site data and documentation.

Publications/References
Emery, B.A. and Barnes, R. M. 1998. CEDAR Data Base
Catalogue. National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder,
CO.
http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/catalog/cat.toctext.html

Greenwald, R. A., K. B. Baker, R. A. Hutchins, and C. Hanuise, An HF
phased-array radar for studying small-scale structure in the
high-latitude ionosphere, Radio Sci., ... 20, 63-79, 1985.

Greenwald, R. A. et al., DARN/SUPERDARN, a global view of the dynamics
of high-latitude convecton, Space Science Reviews, 71, 761-796, 1995.

Ruohoniemi, J. M., R. A. Greenwald, K. B. Baker, and J. P. Villain,
Drift motions of small-scale irregularities in the high-latitude F
region: An experimental comparison with plasma drift motions,
J. Geophys. Res., 92, 4553-4564, 1987.

See also:
http://superdarn.jhuapl.edu/pub/index.html

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2005-07-28

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