Development of remote HF wave receiver in the backlobe direction of the SuperDARN Hokkaido East radar: Initial observations

We have been operating remote high frequency (HF) wave receivers for the SuperDARN Hokkaido East radar in Nagoya (1092 km away from the radar) and Rikubetsu (a few tens of m away from the radar antenna) since 2014 to monitor the ionospheric environment and its changes. One receiver set consists of a...

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Main Authors: Nishitani, Nozomu, Hamaguchi, Yoshiyuki, Hori, Tomoaki
Language:English
Published: 2021
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description We have been operating remote high frequency (HF) wave receivers for the SuperDARN Hokkaido East radar in Nagoya (1092 km away from the radar) and Rikubetsu (a few tens of m away from the radar antenna) since 2014 to monitor the ionospheric environment and its changes. One receiver set consists of a USRP-N210 receiver unit, Ubuntu Linux PC and dipole/loop antenna. Using the remote receiver data it is possible to monitor the upward/downward motion of the ionosphere at the ionospheric reflection point of the HF radar backlobe beams emitted toward the Nagoya area. The usage of the SuperDARN (backlobe) beams has the following advantages over other instruments such as HF Doppler systems: (1) SuperDARN Backlobe beams also have high directivity, so that it is possible to observe strong echoes at the remote area more than 1000 km away from the radar. (2) Since the SuperDARN radars emit pulse waves instead of continuous waves, it is possible to identify the travel time from the radar to the receiver. The initial results of the observation of ionospheric perturbations using the remote HF wave receiver of the SuperDARN Hokkaido East radar are described. journal article
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spelling ftnipr:oai:nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp:00016478 2025-04-13T14:25:54+00:00 Development of remote HF wave receiver in the backlobe direction of the SuperDARN Hokkaido East radar: Initial observations Nishitani, Nozomu Hamaguchi, Yoshiyuki Hori, Tomoaki 2021-06 https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/16478 eng eng 10.1016/j.polar.2021.100669 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2021.100669 Polar Science 28 100669 18739652 https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/16478 metadata only access SuperDARN HF remote receiver Ionospheric dynamics Antenna calibration 2021 ftnipr https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2021.100669 2025-03-19T10:19:57Z We have been operating remote high frequency (HF) wave receivers for the SuperDARN Hokkaido East radar in Nagoya (1092 km away from the radar) and Rikubetsu (a few tens of m away from the radar antenna) since 2014 to monitor the ionospheric environment and its changes. One receiver set consists of a USRP-N210 receiver unit, Ubuntu Linux PC and dipole/loop antenna. Using the remote receiver data it is possible to monitor the upward/downward motion of the ionosphere at the ionospheric reflection point of the HF radar backlobe beams emitted toward the Nagoya area. The usage of the SuperDARN (backlobe) beams has the following advantages over other instruments such as HF Doppler systems: (1) SuperDARN Backlobe beams also have high directivity, so that it is possible to observe strong echoes at the remote area more than 1000 km away from the radar. (2) Since the SuperDARN radars emit pulse waves instead of continuous waves, it is possible to identify the travel time from the radar to the receiver. The initial results of the observation of ionospheric perturbations using the remote HF wave receiver of the SuperDARN Hokkaido East radar are described. journal article Other/Unknown Material Polar Science Polar Science National Institute of Polar Research Repository, Japan Polar Science 28 100669
spellingShingle SuperDARN
HF remote receiver
Ionospheric dynamics
Antenna calibration
Nishitani, Nozomu
Hamaguchi, Yoshiyuki
Hori, Tomoaki
Development of remote HF wave receiver in the backlobe direction of the SuperDARN Hokkaido East radar: Initial observations
title Development of remote HF wave receiver in the backlobe direction of the SuperDARN Hokkaido East radar: Initial observations
title_full Development of remote HF wave receiver in the backlobe direction of the SuperDARN Hokkaido East radar: Initial observations
title_fullStr Development of remote HF wave receiver in the backlobe direction of the SuperDARN Hokkaido East radar: Initial observations
title_full_unstemmed Development of remote HF wave receiver in the backlobe direction of the SuperDARN Hokkaido East radar: Initial observations
title_short Development of remote HF wave receiver in the backlobe direction of the SuperDARN Hokkaido East radar: Initial observations
title_sort development of remote hf wave receiver in the backlobe direction of the superdarn hokkaido east radar: initial observations
topic SuperDARN
HF remote receiver
Ionospheric dynamics
Antenna calibration
topic_facet SuperDARN
HF remote receiver
Ionospheric dynamics
Antenna calibration
url https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/16478