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DARN/SuperDARN

A global view of the dynamics of high-latitude convection

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The Dual Auroral Radar Network (DARN) is a global-scale network of HF and VHF radars capable of sensing backscatter from ionospheric irregularities in the E and F-regions of the high-latitude ionosphere. Currently, the network consists of the STARE VHF radar system in northern Scandinavia, a northern-hemisphere, longitudinal chain of HF radars that is funded to extend from Saskatoon, Canada to central Finland, and a southern-hemisphere chain that is funded to include Halley Station, SANAE and Syowa Station in Antarctica. When all of the HF radars have been completed they will operate in pairs with common viewing areas so that the Doppler information contained in the backscattered signals may be combined to yield maps of high-latitude plasma convection and the convection electric field. In this paper, the evolution of DARN and particularly the development of its SuperDARN HF radar element is discussed. The DARN/SupperDARN network is particularly suited to studies of large-scale dynamical processes in the magnetosphere-ionosphere system, such as the evolution of the global configuration of the convection electric field under changing IMF conditions and the development and global extent of large-scale MHD waves in the magnetosphere-ionosphere cavity. A description of the HF radars within SuperDARN is given along with an overview of their existing and intended locations, intended start of operations, Principal Investigators, and sponsoring agencies. Finally, the operation of the DARN experiment within ISTP/GGS, the availability of data, and the form and availability of the Key Parameter files is discussed.

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  1. Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland, USA

    R. A. Greenwald & K. B. Baker

  2. British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, England

    J. R. Dudeney & M. Pinnock

  3. Department of Physics, Leicester University, Leicester, England

    T. B. Jones & E. C. Thomas

  4. Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Orléans, France

    J. -P. Villain

  5. Centre d'Etude des Environnement Terrestre et Planétaires, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Saint Maur, France

    J. -C. Cerisier & C. Senior

  6. Laboratoire de Sondages Electromagnetiques de l'Environnement Terrestre, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulon, France

    C. Hanuise

  7. Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

    R. D. Hunsucker

  8. Department of Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

    G. Sofko & J. Koehler

  9. Max Planck Institut für Aeronomy, Lindau am Harz, Germany

    E. Nielsen

  10. Finnish Meteorlogical Institute, Helsinki, Finland

    R. Pellinen

  11. University of Natal, Durban, Republic of South Africa

    A. D. M. Walker

  12. National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan

    N. Sato & H. Yamagishi

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Greenwald, R.A., Baker, K.B., Dudeney, J.R. et al. DARN/SuperDARN. Space Sci Rev 71, 761–796 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00751350

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