Incoherent scatter radars: present, past and future
Incoherent scatter radars: present, past and future
Incoherent scatter radars: present, past and future
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The NSF <strong>Incoherent</strong> Scatter Radar Chain-2007 <br />
What is the OR: <strong>future</strong> of ISR?<br />
grow<br />
• The existing chain of <strong>radars</strong> with the will ability to continue run routinely for to<br />
many hours<br />
grow with the blossoming of AMISR<br />
RBR <br />
PFR <br />
systems<br />
PFR <br />
at other locations.<br />
2008 <br />
Sondrestrom (SRF) <br />
200<br />
advanced radiowave <strong>and</strong> optical<br />
2007 <br />
AMISR-<br />
Poker Flat <br />
AO <br />
1962 <br />
MH <br />
1962 <br />
JRO <br />
Jicamarca (JRO) <br />
1963 <br />
SRF <br />
1982 <br />
7 <br />
AO <br />
1962 <br />
JRO <br />
1963 <br />
MH <br />
1962 <br />
SRF <br />
1982 <br />
1982 <br />
• The global chain of ISRs will continue to<br />
• ISRs of the <strong>future</strong> will be lower cost,<br />
• Each ISR site will include a cluster of<br />
instrumentation for comprehensive<br />
observations of the upper atmosphere<br />
• The ISR network will be fully<br />
integrated, with smart, interactive,<br />
autonomous operation<br />
• Barriers between ISRs will disappear,<br />
Millstone Hill (MH) <br />
allowing users <strong>and</strong> students greater<br />
versatility, flexibility <strong>and</strong> ease in<br />
conducting experiments<br />
• Most importantly, the next generation of<br />
radar users will be knowledgeable <strong>and</strong><br />
skilled in all aspects of ISR operation<br />
<strong>and</strong> data analysis, leading to new<br />
discoveries <strong>and</strong> improved Arecibo (AO) capabilities
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