PFSR and RISR-N participate in first optical campaign to use all high-latitude ISRs, coordinated by Ph.D. candidate Magnar Johnsen of U. Tromsø (currently at Boston U.). PFSR and RISR-N also operate for 6-day WD run to study temporal and latitudinal behavior of electron density changes, particularly near the plasmaspheric boundary layer.
Archives 2009
World Day Campaign
Written by on Dec. 1, 2009 in Science Highlights.
10-day World Day Run
Written by on Sept. 1, 2009 in Science Highlights.
PFISR and RISR-N operate for 10-day WD run to study equinoctal neutral wind reversal. PFISR continues to operate in low-duty cycle mode when not in use for other runs.
RISR-N First Light
Written by on Aug. 1, 2009 in Deployments, Science Highlights.
RISR-N (the north-looking AMISR face at Resolute, Canada) completes engineering testing and calibration, and is fully operational with 128 panels. Data show interesting F-region structure during very quiet times.
2009 AMISR Student Workshop
Written by on July 1, 2009 in Meetings.
Five-day AMISR Student Workshop was held at SRI, attended by 21 students. Final day guest lecturers include Sixto Gonzalez of Arecibo Observatory, and Michael Kelley and former AMISR workshop student Roger Varney, both of Cornell University.
PFISR Special Issue of JASTP
Written by on May 1, 2009 in News and Articles, Science Highlights.
Special issue of the J. Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics (Vol. 71, Issue 6-7) with initial results from PFISR is published, edited by Dr. Diego Janches (NWRA CoRA Div.). View articles here or in the Publications section of this website.
Figure from Nicolls et al. 2009.
ACES and CASCADES Rocket Campaign
Written by on March 1, 2009 in Science Highlights.
PFISR supports ACES and CASCADES rocket campaigns in addition to numerous optical campaigns. See operations schedules for details and data availability.