Abstract:
The EISCAT (European Incoherent Scatter ) data is from either the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) or Very High Frequency (VHF) radar observations of Polar Mesospheric Summer Echoes/Winter Echoes (PMSE/PMWE).
The data archive contains EISCAT UHF or VHF radar data, processed with GUISDAP (Grand Unified Incoherent Scatter Design and Analysis Package) analysis software, of electron density, ion temperature, electron temperature or ion velocity as a function of altitude along with estimates of their uncertainty. The time and range resolution is variable depending on the analysis settings. Data was collected in July 2012, June-July 2013, June-July 2014 and November 2014.
Keywords:
EISCAT, Mesosphere, PMSE, PMWE, Radar, UHF, VHF
| Access Constraints: | Data open to EISCAT associate countries. Some restrictions apply - see details on EISCAT website. |
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| Use Constraints: | This data is governed by the NERC data policy http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy/ and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |
| Creation Date: | 2015-08-26 |
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| Dataset Progress: | Complete |
| Dataset Language: | English |
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| Personnel: | |
| Name | UK PDC |
| Role(s) | Metadata Author |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Prof M. J Kosch |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | Lancaster University |
| Name | Dr Andrew Senior |
| Role(s) | Technical Contact |
| Organisation | Lancaster University |
| Parent Dataset: | N/A |
| Reference: | Senior, A., A. Mahmoudian, H. Pinedo, C. La Hoz, M. T. Rietveld, W. A. Scales, and M. J. Kosch (2014), First modulation of high-frequency polar mesospheric summer echoes by radio heating of the ionosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 5347-5353, doi:10.1002/2014GL060703 NERC grant NE/I027231/1 |
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| Quality: | The EISCAT UHF or VHF radar data includes estimates of uncertainty. | |
| Lineage: | The data were collected by the EISCAT UHF or VHF radars, and were processed with the GUISDAP analysis software. | |
| Temporal Coverage: | |
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| Start Date | Jun-12 |
| End Date | Nov-14 |
| Spatial Coverage: | |
| Latitude | |
| Southernmost | 69.58 |
| Northernmost | 69.58 |
| Longitude | |
| Westernmost | 19.23 |
| Easternmost | 19.23 |
| Altitude | |
| Min Altitude | 50000m |
| Max Altitude | 600000m |
| Depth | |
| Min Depth | N/A |
| Max Depth | N/A |
| Location: | |
| Location | Arctic |
| Detailed Location | Tromso, Norway |
| Data Collection: | The EISCAT data is from either the UHF or VHF radars. The data was processed using the GUISDAP analysis package. |
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| Distribution: | |
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| Distribution Media | N/A |
| Distribution Size | Variable according to run length |
| Distribution Format | N/A |
| Fees | N/A |
| Data Storage: | Data stored by EISCAT in Matlab format. |