Date:  Wednesday, January 25, 1995
Time:  4:15 PM   Refreshments at 4:00
Location:  ERL 126



An Incoherent Scatter Radar In Greenland


Dr. Craig Heinselman

SRI International

Abstract

This seminar will present an introduction to the Sondrestrom Incoherent
Scatter Radar facility in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.  That NSF funded
facility is located just north of the arctic circle and about 150 km inland
from Greenland's west coast.  The purpose of the radar is to support
studies of the earth's atmosphere and ionosphere in the vicinity of the
day-side auroral oval and the night-side polar cap.

Some of the basics of the incoherent scatter radar technique will be
covered with an emphasis on the factors that drive the design of such a
system.  Discussions of a number of data collection strategies and radar
pulse patterns will also be included.