Svenes, Plasma density over Svalbard during the ISBJéRN campaign, Ann. Geophysicae, this issue

Abstract. 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 configuration...

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Main Authors: C. M. Hall, A. P. Van Eyken, K. R. Svenes
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1999
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Key words
Ionosphere (polar ionosphere
Andøya
Svalbard
EISCAT
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.586.5474
http://www.ann-geophys.net/18/209/2000/angeo-18-209-2000.pdf
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Summary:Abstract. 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 configuration had been flown many times previously from Andøya Rocket Range on the Norwegian mainland, this presented an unprecedented in situ determination of positive ion density over Svalbard. Simultaneously, ESR measured similar density profiles but in a higher altitude regime. We have combined the ESR measurements with ion-osonde data to establish a calibration and subsequently combined the ground-based and in situ determined profiles to give a composite positive ion density profile from the mesosphere to the thermosphere.

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