Svalbard SuperDARN Radar

Contact

Full Name

Dag A. Lorentzen

dag.lorentzen@unis.no

Institution

The University Centre in Svalbard

Info

Observation Facility Type

land platform (fixed)

Observation Facility Status

Non-reporting

Core data

Observation Facility ID

RiS ID(s)

11568

Geospatial location

Coordinates

POINT (16.066 78.1533)

Height above mean sea level (m)

433.00

Observed Variable(s)

Observed Variable

SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS>IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS>ELECTRIC FIELDS/ELECTRIC CURRENTS

Start Date

2016-10-19T12:00:00Z

End Date

2018-10-23T12:00:00Z

Landing Page

https://www.bas.ac.uk/project/superdarn/#data

Sampling procedures

Raw (Landed) parameters are:
Auto-correlation functions for the radar backscattered signal.
Analysed parameters are:
line-of-sight doppler velocity (m/s)
spectral width (m/s)
Backscatter power (dB)
Temporal Resolution: 1 minute
Spatial resoltuion: 45km

RI map