Altitude calibration of the Tromsø medium frequency radar

• Main Authors: Hall, Chris, Husøy, Bjørn Ove
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: University of Tromsø, Norway 2004
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Physics: 430::Electromagnetism; acoustics; optics: 434; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Physics: 430::Space and plasma physics: 437; Norway; Ramfjordmoen; Tromsø
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/2411

This publication is the inaugural report in the series Tromsø Geophysical Observatory Reports. Although the Tromsø Medium Frequency Radar situated at Ramfjordmoen, Norway (69°N, 19°E) has been operating for over a quarter of a century, no definitive altitude calibration has ever been documented using independent measurements of the same atmosphere. Here we perform calibrations using the recently installed (November 2003) Nippon/Norway Tromsø Meteor Radar by identifying wind features in the same volume. We also perform an independent check using oscilloscope measurements supplemented by an acoustic delay line.