Plasma density over Svalbard during the ISBJØRN campaign

• Main Authors: Hall, C. M., van Eyken, A. P., Svenes, K. R.
• Other Authors: Department of Physics, University of Tromsø (UiT), EISCAT Scientific Association, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2000
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Andøya; Ny-Ålesund; Svalbard; EISCAT; isbjørn; Ny Ålesund
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00316571; https://hal.science/hal-00316571/document; https://hal.science/hal-00316571/file/angeo-18-209-2000.pdf

International audience In 1997, reliable operation of the EISCAT Svalbard Radar (ESR) was achieved and a rocket launching facility at Ny Ålesund on Svalbard (79°N, 12°E) (SVALRAK) was established. On 20 November, 1977, the first instrumented payload was launched from SVALRAK. Although the payload co...