An article using PFISR data, led by Prof Jan Sojka, has been featured in Space Weather Quarterly (Vol. 7, Issue 1, 2010) "Editor's Choice."

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.

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.

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.

PFISR supports ACES and CASCADES rocket campaigns in addition to numerous optical campaigns.  See operations schedules for details and data availability.

PFISR completes year-long International Polar Year (IPY) run. When not running for other experiments, PFISR has operated almost continuously since 01 March 2007 in a low-duty cycle mode. The resulting large dataset, combined with that from the year-long full-power EISCAT Svalbard radar and the biweekly 30 hr runs of the EISCAT Tromsø, Sondrestrom and Millstone Hill radars, provides an unprecedented volume of high-latitude measurements during the IPY.

Two special sessions on PFISR initial results at the Fall AGU, including 7 talks and 11 posters with PFISR data.

Geophysical Research Letters October 2007 issue features PFISR on the cover with an article demonstrating the volumetric imaging capability of the system.

CEDAR Workshop in Santa Fe has special PFISR session, "Poker Flat AMISR: The first six months," as well as "Poker Flat 2007 Winter Campaign" session.

Poker Flat AMISR operated 105 hours over 18 nights in support of JOULE II and ROPA rockets in January and February. At right, a TMA trail released by 1 of 4 JOULE II rockets in the early morning of 19 January. Real-time AMISR data show the strong auroral precipitation and large eastward ion flow that met launch criteria. 

TOP: Long pulse electron density vs. altitude and time from seven simultaneous AMISR beams; look angles given above each plot. BOTTOM: ion velocity vs. time and latitude for two hours around launch.