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• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: ena; Svalbard; Zhongshan; Zhongshan Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.644.4778; http://www.ann-geophys.net/23/2943/2005/angeo-23-2943-2005.pdf

Abstract. Ground-based observations can be used to provide substantial support for Cluster/Double Star measurements and greatly enhance the mission’s scientific return. There are six Chinese ground stations involved in coordinated clus-ter/Double Star and ground-based instrument observations. Among them, the Chinese Zhongshan Station in Antarctica and the Yellow River Station on Svalbard are closely mag-netic conjugate and are situated under the ionospheric pro-jection of the magnetospheric cusp regions, which, combined with satellite data, provide a perfect configuration to con-duct conjugate studies of cusp phenomena. In this paper we present the ground-based instrumentation at these sta-tions, discuss the restriction which is applyed to the opti-cal sites and present an overview of the occurrences for con-junctions of these instruments with the spacecraft. Samples of data products are given to illustrate the potential use of these instrumentations in coordination with Cluster/Double Star measurements.