ANGWIN
ANtarctic Gravity Wave Instrument Network (ANGWIN)
ANGWIN is now a SCAR action group. See the proposal that was presented at the Polar 2018 conference here: SCAR_Proposal.pdf
ANGWIN (in the Cornish English dialect ANGWIN means “the white”) is a concept that is designed to develop a network of Antarctic gravity wave observatories, operated by different nations working in a spirit of close scientific collaboration in order to address scientific processes on a polar scale. These will run at existing Antarctic research stations and also run autonomously at more remote sites, chosen for their scientific advantages to the network.
This webpage is designed to present the concept and the science objectives to the international community. We ask that those who are interested in participating provide updates about the scientific datasets that they have at their relevant Antarctic stations, and contribute to the development of the science questions and further the aims of ANGWIN.
Science objectives:
The importance of gravity wave activity over Antarctica and its contribution to global circulation is well known, although there is a lack of comprehensive observations in this region. Gravity wave activity over Antarctica needs to be studied in a joined up fashion, continent wide and through all levels of the atmosphere in order to fully understand their impact and to constrain modelling work. By combining our resources through broad collaboration, and standardizing our analysis techniques we can achieve this.
The primary objectives of the network will be to:
- Quantify the longitudinal variation in gravity wave activity from the lower atmosphere into the mesosphere and lower thermosphere above Antarctica, and determine causes.
- Characterise the propagation and dynamical influence of mountain waves on stratosphere and MLT dynamics.
- Relate gravity waves observed in the stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere to sources such as storms in the Drake’s Passage and Southern Ocean, auroral activity or the polar vortex.
- Study the interaction of gravity waves with global scale waves and their contribution to the polar vortex dynamical and thermal structure.
- Compare observed polar gravity wave characteristics to parameterized gravity waves in climate models.
- Determine the potential effects of Antarctic gravity waves on processes such as polar stratospheric cloud formation.
Committee members
- Mike Taylor (Utah State University, USA)
- Takuji Nakamura, Mitsumu K. Ejiri (NIPR, Japan)
- Tracy Moffat-Griffin (BAS, UK)
- Damian Murphy (AAD, Australia)
- Jose Valentin Bageston (INPE, Brazil)
- Geonhwa Jee (KOPRI, South Korea)
Instrument database
The ANGWIN community aims to provide a comprehensive list of ground based instruments that can observe gravity wave activity in the atmosphere and ionosphere from the Antarctic and Arctic. This database will provide information on the types of measurements made, relevant website links, PI contact details, and dataset length.
If you wish to add you instruments to this database please contact Dr. Tracy Moffat-Griffin who will provide you with a template to fill in.
Antarctic
Halley station (Lat. 75°35’S, Long. 26°39’W)
All-sky infrared airglow imager
Rothera Station (Lat. 67°35’S, Long. 68°7’W)
All-sky infrared airglow imager
All-sky multi-spectral airglow imager
Noctilucent cloud camera
McMurdo Station (Lat. 77°50’S, Long. 166°40’E)
All-Sky OH Imager
Advanced Mesospheric Temperature Mapper
Davis Station (Lat. 68.6°S; Long 78.0°E)
Medium Frequency radar (2MHz)
Meteor detection wind radar (33MHz)
University of Western Ontario Scanning Radiometer
Syowa Station (Lat. 69.0°S, Long. 39.6°E)
All-sky OH airglow imager (2016 -)
OH airglow spectrometer (2008 -)
MF radar (1999 -)
Rayleigh/Raman Lidar (2011 – 2016)
Resonance scattering lidar (Na: 2000 – 2002 / Fe, K, Ca+: 2017 – 2018)
Comandante Ferraz Station (Lat. 62°05’S, Long. 58°24’W)
Meteor detection wind radar (36.9MHz)
Spectral temperature airglow imager
King Sejong Station (Lat. 62°13S, Long. 58°47’W)
Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FPI)
Jang Bogo Station (Lat. 74°37’S, Long. 164°12’E)
Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FPI)
Vertical Incidence Pulsed Ionospheric Radar (VIPIR)
Dasan station (Lat. 78° 55′ N, Lon. 11° 56 ‘ E)
Sub-Antarctic
Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (Lat. 53° 46’S, Long. 67° 45’W)
Arctic
Kjell Henriksen Observatory, Svalbard, Norway (Lat. 78.148°N, Long. 16.043°E)
Kiruna, Sweden, (Lat. 67° 52′ N, Lon. 21° 14 ‘ E)
Details:
Antarctic
Halley station (Lat. 75°35’S, Long. 26°39’W)
ocation | Halley Station, Antarctica |
Instrument type | Utah State University all-sky IR imager |
Instrument Information | Imager producing all-sky images of the hydroxyl airglow emissions in the night sky for gravity wave studies |
Data format | Raw images are TIFF, time stamped |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 75°35’S, Long. 26°39’W |
URL(s) | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/ail/ |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr. Mike Taylor, Utah State University, mike.taylor at usu.edu
Dr Tracy Moffat-Griffin, British Antarctic Survey, tmof at bas.ac.uk |
Data Request Contact | request to the PI |
Status | Not currently operational at Halley.
Data gathered during dark times of the year: March to October |
Start date | March 2012 |
End date | October 2016 |
Rothera Station (Lat. 67°35’S, Long. 68°7’W)
Location | Rothera Station, Antarctica |
Instrument type | Utah State University all-sky IR imager |
Instrument Information | Imager producing all-sky images of the hydroxyl airglow emissions in the night sky for gravity wave studies |
Data format | Raw images are TIFF, time stamped |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 67°35’S, Long. 68°7’W |
URL(s) | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/ail/ |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr. Mike Taylor, Utah State University, mike.taylor at usu.edu
Dr Tracy Moffat-Griffin, British Antarctic Survey, tmof at bas.ac.uk |
Data Request Contact | request to the PI |
Status | Operational. Data gathered during dark times of the year: March to October |
Start date | March 2017 |
End date | Ongoing |
Location | Rothera Station, Antarctica |
Instrument type | Utah State University all-sky multi-filter imager |
Instrument Information | Imager producing all-sky images of the OH, Na, O2 and 6300 airglow emissions in the night sky for gravity wave studies |
Data format | Raw images are TIFF, time stamped |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 67°35’S, Long. 68°7’W |
URL(s) | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/ail/ |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr. Mike Taylor, Utah State University, mike.taylor at usu.edu
Dr Tracy Moffat-Griffin, British Antarctic Survey, tmof at bas.ac.uk |
Data Request Contact | request to the PI |
Status | Operational. Data gathered during dark times of the year: March to October |
Start date | March 2002 |
End date | Ongoing |
McMurdo Station (Lat. 77°50’S, Long. 166°40’E)
Location | McMurdo, Antarctica |
Instrument type | Utah State University all-sky OH imager |
Instrument Information | Imager producing all-sky images of the hydroxyl airglow emissions in the night sky for gravity wave studies |
Data format | Raw images are TIFF, time stamped, 320×256 pixel array sequences, with 2-s exposure, taken every 10 s |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 77°50’47″S, Long. 166°40’06″E |
URL(s) | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/ail/ |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr. Mike Taylor, Utah State University, mike.taylor@usu.edu |
Data Request Contact | USU Box, with password provided upon request to the PI |
Status | Operational – During dark times of the year: mid March to end of September |
Start date | March 2012 |
End date | On going |
Location | McMurdo, Antarctica |
Instrument type | Utah State University Advanced Mesospheric Temperature Mapper |
Instrument Information | Imager producing images of the hydroxyl airglow (3,1) band emission, which can be converted into 200×160 km rotational temperature maps for gravity wave studies |
Data format | Raw images are TIFF, time stamped, 320×256 pixel array sequences, with 10-s exposure |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 77°50’47″S, Long. 166°40’06″E |
URL(s) | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/ail/ |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr. Mike Taylor, Utah State University, mike.taylor@usu.edu |
Data Request Contact | USU Box, with password provided upon request to the PI |
Status | Operational – During dark times of the year: mid March to end of September |
Start date | March 2017 |
End date | On going |
Davis Station (Lat. 68.6°S; Long 78.0°E)
Location | Davis Station, Antarctica |
Instrument type | Medium Frequency radar (2MHz) |
Instrument Information | Full correlation analysis applied to three spaced receive antennas. Vertical sampling 2 km but resolution approximately 4 km. Observations repeat every 2 minutes. Data analysis yields winds typically between 70-96 km. |
Data format | ATRAD .fca format. |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 68.6S; Long 78.0E |
URL(s) | http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/environment/atmosphere/studying-the-atmosphere/the-davis-mfsa-radar |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr. Damian Murphy, Australian Antarctic Division. Damian.Murphy at aad.gov.au |
Data Request Contact | The PI. Also available through the Australian Antarctic Data Centre data.aad.gov.au |
Status | Operational – All year |
Start date | Apr-94 |
end date | Ongoing |
Location | Davis Station, Antarctica |
Instrument type | Meteor detection wind radar (33MHz) |
Instrument Information | Meteor detection analysis applied to five receive antennas (Mills cross) to yield radial velocity, angle of arrival and range. Observations repeat every 2 minutes. Data analysis yields sporadic meteor detections. Resultant winds typically between approx 75-105 km calculated hourly. Vertical sampling 2 km. |
Data format | ATRAD .met and .vel format. |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 68.6S; Long 78.0E |
URL(s) | http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/environment/atmosphere/studying-the-atmosphere/the-davis-meteor-radar |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr. Damian Murphy, Australian Antarctic Division. Damian.Murphy at aad.gov.au |
Data Request Contact | The PI. Also available through the Australian Antarctic Data Centre data.aad.gov.au |
Status | Operational – All year |
Start date | May-06 |
end date | Ongoing |
Location | Davis Station, Antarctica |
Instrument type | VHF wind radar (55MHz) radar |
Instrument Information | Doppler wind analysis applied to steered beam (EWNSV). Beam steering capability has changed through the life of the radar to address data quality issues. Resultant winds typically between approx 2-12 km. Polar mesosphere summer echoes provide mesospheric winds between mid November and mid February. |
Data format | ATRAD dbs and vel format. |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 68.6S; Long 78.0E |
URL(s) | http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/environment/atmosphere/studying-the-atmosphere/the-davis-vhf-radar |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr. Damian Murphy, Australian Antarctic Division. Damian.Murphy at aad.gov.au |
Data Request Contact | The PI. Also available through the Australian Antarctic Data Centre data.aad.gov.au |
Status | Operational – All year |
Start date | Feb-03 |
end date | Ongoing |
Location | Davis Station, Antarctica |
Instrument type | University of Western Ontario Scanning Radiometer |
Instrument Information | Scanning radiometer produces low-res ‘images’ of hydroxyl airglow emissions in the night sky for gravity wave studies |
Data format | Raw images are time stamped, 16×16 pixel array sequences in binary format, one series for each night of observations. |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 68.6S; Long 78.0E |
URL(s) | https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4157_Davis_UWOSCR_1999-2016 |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr. John French, Australian Antarctic Division. John.French at aad.gov.au |
Data Request Contact | The PI. Also available through the Australian Antarctic Data Centre data.aad.gov.au |
Status | Operational – During dark times of the year: March to October? |
Start date | Feb-99 |
end date | Ongoing |
Location | Davis Station, Antarctica |
Instrument type | Utah State University all-sky OH imager |
Instrument Information | Imager producing all-sky images of the hydroxyl airglow emissions in the night sky for gravity wave studies |
Data format | Raw images are TIFF, time stamped, 320×256 pixel array sequences, with 2-s exposure, taken every 10 s |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 68.6S; Long 78.0E |
URL(s) | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/ail/ |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr. Mike Taylor, Utah State University, mike.taylor at usu.edu |
Data Request Contact | USU Box, with password provided upon request to the PI |
Status | Operational – During dark times of the year: March to October |
Start date | March 2012 |
End date | Ongoing |
Comandante Ferraz Station (Lat. 62°05’S, Long. 58°24’W)
Note: no data 2016-2018 due to station rebuilding
Location | Comandante Ferraz Station |
Instrument type | All-sky imager |
Instrument Information | OH NIR, OI557.7 nm and OI630.0 nm airglow observations |
Data format | Raw all-sky images in .tiff format |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 62°05’24.5″S, Long. 58°24’11.9″ |
URL(s) | not available yet |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr Jose Valentin Bageston (INPE). Email: jose.bageston at inpe.br Dr Cristiano Max Wrasse (INPE). Email: cristiano.wrasse at inpe.br |
Data Request Contact | The PIs. All data used in presentations/publications must be credited to EMBRACE/INPE and the PIs informed before submission. |
Status | Operational – wintertime data only |
Start date | Feb-14 |
end date | May-14 |
Start date | Feb-15 |
end date | Oct-16 |
Location | Comandante Ferraz Station |
Instrument type | Photographic camera |
Instrument Information | Noctilucent clouds observations |
Data format | Raw images in .jpeg format |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 62°05’24.5″S, Long. 58°24’11.9″ |
URL(s) | not available yet |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr Jose Valentin Bageston (INPE). Email: jose.bageston at inpe.br |
Data Request Contact | The PIs. All data used in presentations/publications must be credited to CRS/INPE, CNPq Grant N° 461531/2014-3 and the PI informed before submission. |
Status | Operational – summertime data only |
Start date | Nov-16 |
end date | present |
Start date | Dec-15 |
end date | Feb-16 |
Location | Comandante Ferraz Station |
Instrument type | Small cost all-sky airglow imager |
Instrument Information | OH NIR airglow observations |
Data format | Raw all-sky images in .fit format |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 62°05’24.5″S, Long. 58°24’11.9″ |
URL(s) | not available yet |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr Jose Valentin Bageston (INPE). Email: jose.bageston at inpe.br |
Data Request Contact | The PI. All data used in presentations/publications must be credited to LUME-DAE/INPE and the PIs informed before submission. |
Status | Not operational |
Start date | Apr-07 |
end date | Oct-07 |
Start date | May-10 |
end date | Oct-10 |
Start date | Mar-11 |
end date | Oct-11 |
Location | Brazilian Ferraz Station |
Instrument type | Meteor radar of 36.9 MHz and a peak transmitter power of 30 kW |
Instrument Information | Winds from ~ 78 to 99 km, number of meteor and daily mean temperature |
Data format | files in HWD format |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 62°05’24.5″S, Long. 58°24’11.9″ |
URL(s) | not available yet |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr David C Fritts (Gats Inc). Email: dave at gats-inc.com and Dr Diego Janches (GSFC/NASA) Email: diego.janches at nasa.gov |
Data Request Contact | The PI. All data used in presentations/publications must be credited to NSF grant ATM-0634650 and the PIs informed before submission. |
Status | Not operational |
Start date | Mar-10 |
end date | Feb-12 |
Location | Comandante Ferraz Station |
Instrument type | Spectral Airglow Temperature Imager |
Instrument Information | OH (6-2) band intensity and rotational temperature around 87 km height |
Data format | Raw spectral images in .fit format |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 62°05’24.5″S, Long. 58°24’11.9″ |
URL(s) | not available yet |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr Jose Valentin Bageston (INPE). Email: jose.bageston at inpe.br |
Data Request Contact | The PI. All data used in presentations/publications must be credited to LUME-DAE/INPE and the PIs informed before submission. |
Status | Operational – wintertime data only |
Start date | May-05 |
end date | Sep-05 |
Start date | Mar-06 |
end date | Aug-06 |
Start date | Mar-07 |
end date | Oct-07 |
Start date | May-08 |
end date | Aug-08 |
Start date | May-10 |
end date | Oct-10 |
Start date | Mar-11 |
end date | Oct-11 |
Location | Comandante Ferraz Station, Antarctica |
Instrument type | VLF receiver |
Instrument Information | AWESOME VLF system |
Data format | amplitude and phase of VLF signal matlab format |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 62o4’58”, Long. 58o23’39” |
URL(s) | http://www.inpe.br/crs/pan/projetos_pesquisas/geoespaco.php; http://www.craam.mackenzie.br/home_craam.html?&L=2 |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr Emilia Correia (National Institute for Space Research and Center of Astronomy and Astrophysics of Mackenzie). Email: ecorreia at craam.mackenzie.br |
Data Request Contact | The PI. |
Status | Operational – all year |
Start date | Jan-07 |
end date | — |
Location | Comandante Ferraz Station, Antarctica |
Instrument type | ionosonde |
Instrument Information | CADI |
Data format | CADI format |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 62o4’58”, Long. 58o23’39” |
URL(s) | http://www.inpe.br/crs/pan/projetos_pesquisas/geoespaco.php; http://www.craam.mackenzie.br/home_craam.html?&L=2 |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr Emilia Correia (National Institute for Space Research and Center of Astronomy and Astrophysics of Mackenzie). Email: ecorreia at craam.mackenzie.br |
Data Request Contact | The PI. |
Status | Operational – all year |
Start date | Mar-09 |
end date | — |
Location | Comandante Ferraz Station, Antarctica |
Instrument type | riometer |
Instrument Information | La Jolla riometer 30 and 35 MHz |
Data format | raw binary data |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 62o4’58”, Long. 58o23’39” |
URL(s) | http://www.inpe.br/crs/pan/projetos_pesquisas/geoespaco.php; http://www.craam.mackenzie.br/home_craam.html?&L=2 |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr Emilia Correia (National Institute for Space Research and Center of Astronomy and Astrophysics of Mackenzie). Email: ecorreia at craam.mackenzie.br |
Data Request Contact | The PI. |
Status | Operational – all year |
Start date | Mar-09 |
end date | — |
King Sejong Station (Lat. 62°13S, Long. 58°47’W)
Location | King Sejong Station |
Instrument type | All-sky imager |
Instrument Information | OH / 557.7 nm / 630.0 nm airglow imager |
Data format | All-sky airglow image to see horizontal structure and propagation of gravity waves. Apparent phase speed and wavelength are estimated. |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 62°13’S, Long. 58°47’W |
URL(s) | |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr Geonhwa Jee (Korea Polar Research Institute). Email: ghjee at kopri.re.kr; Dr Jeong-Han Kim (Korea Polar Research Institute). Email: jhkim at kopri.re.kr |
Data Request Contact | Data can also be found via the Korea Polar Data Center (https://kpdc.kopri.re.kr/metadata/). All data used in presentations/publications must be credited to KOPRI (preferably through a doi) and the PI & KPDC informed before submission. |
Status | Operational – wintertime data only |
Start date | Mar-02 |
end date | Present |
Location | King Sejong Station |
Instrument type | Meteor radar (ATRAD) |
Instrument Information | VHF meteor detection radar |
Data format | Neutral wind profile within 80-100 km and temperature at near 90 km altitude. |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 62°13’S, Long. 58°47’W |
URL(s) | |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr Geonhwa Jee (Korea Polar Research Institute). Email: ghjee at kopri.re.kr; Dr Jeong-Han Kim (Korea Polar Research Institute). Email: jhkim at kopri.re.kr |
Data Request Contact | Data can also be found via the Korea Polar Data Center (https://kpdc.kopri.re.kr/metadata/). All data used in presentations/publications must be credited to KOPRI (preferably through a doi) and the PI & KPDC informed before submission. |
Status | Operational – year-round |
Start date | Mar-07 |
end date | Present |
Location | King Sejong Station |
Instrument type | Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FPI) |
Instrument Information | Three filtered (OH/557.7/630.0) FPI |
Data format | 3 dimensional neutral winds and temperature from the airglow emissions at around 87, 97, and 250 km altitudes. |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 62°13’S, Long. 58°47’W |
URL(s) | |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr Geonhwa Jee (Korea Polar Research Institute). Email: ghjee at kopri.re.kr; Dr Changsup Lee (Korea Polar Research Institute). Email: cslee at kopri.re.kr |
Data Request Contact | Data can also be found via the Korea Polar Data Center (https://kpdc.kopri.re.kr/metadata/). All data used in presentations/publications must be credited to KOPRI (preferably through a doi) and the PI & KPDC informed before submission. |
Status | Operational – wintertime data only |
Start date | Jan-17 |
end date | Present |
Jang Bogo Station (Lat. 74°37’S, Long. 164°12’E)
Location | Jang Bogo Station |
Instrument type | All-sky imager |
Instrument Information | 557.7 nm / 630.0 nm airglow imager |
Data format | All-sky airglow image to see horizontal structure and propagation of gravity waves. Apparent phase speed and wavelength are estimated. |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 74°37’S, Long. 164°12’E |
URL(s) | |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr Young-Sil Kwak (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute). Email: yskwak at kasi.re.kr |
Data Request Contact | to be updated |
Status | Operational – wintertime data only |
Start date | Mar-17 |
end date | Present |
Location | Jang Bogo Station |
Instrument type | Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FPI) |
Instrument Information | Three filtered (OH/557.7/630.0) FPI |
Data format | 3 dimensional neutral winds and temperature from the airglow emissions at around 87, 97, and 250 km altitudes. |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 74°37’S, Long. 164°12’E |
URL(s) | |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr Geonhwa Jee (Korea Polar Research Institute). Email: ghjee at kopri.re.kr; Dr Changsup Lee (Korea Polar Research Institute). Email: cslee at kopri.re.kr |
Data Request Contact | Data can also be found via the Korea Polar Data Center (https://kpdc.kopri.re.kr/metadata/). All data used in presentations/publications must be credited to KOPRI (preferably through a doi) and the PI & KPDC informed before submission. |
Status | Operational – wintertime data only |
Start date | Mar-14 |
end date | Present |
Location | Jang Bogo Station |
Instrument type | Vertical Incidence Pulsed Ionospheric Radar (VIPIR) |
Instrument Information | Digital ionospheric sounder (Dynasonde) |
Data format | Electron density profiles, ionospheric tilts and ion drifts in the bottom side ionosphere derived from ionograms and detected echoes |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 74°37’S, Long. 164°12’E |
URL(s) | |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr Geonhwa Jee (Korea Polar Research Institute). Email: ghjee at kopri.re.kr; Dr Changsup Lee (Korea Polar Research Institute). Email: cslee at kopri.re.kr |
Data Request Contact | Data can also be found via the Korea Polar Data Center (https://kpdc.kopri.re.kr/metadata/). All data used in presentations/publications must be credited to KOPRI (preferably through a doi) and the PI & KPDC informed before submission. |
Status | Operational – year-round |
Start date | Jan-17 |
end date | Present |
Dasan station (Lat. 78° 55′ N, Lon. 11° 56 ‘ E)
Location | Dasan Station |
Instrument type | Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
Instrument Information | OH airglow spectrometer |
Data format | Raw spectra from OH airglow measurement near 87 km altitude. Temperature and intensity can be determined from this raw spectra. |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 78° 55′ N, Lon. 11° 56 ‘ E |
URL(s) | |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr Geonhwa Jee (Korea Polar Research Institute). Email: ghjee at kopri.re.kr; Dr. Jeong-Han Kim (Korea Polar Research Institute). Email: jhkim at kopri.re.kr |
Data Request Contact | Data can also be found via the Korea Polar Data Center (https://kpdc.kopri.re.kr/metadata/). All data used in presentations/publications must be credited to KOPRI (preferably through a doi) and the PI & KPDC informed before submission. |
Status | Not operational |
Start date | Nov-02 |
end date | Feb-18 |
Location | Dasan Station |
Instrument type | Fabry-Perot Interferometer |
Instrument Information | Two filtered (630.0/732.0 nm) FPI |
Data format | 3 dimensional neutral/ion winds and temperatures from the airglow emissions at around 250/300 km altitudes. |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 78° 55′ N, Lon. 11° 56 ‘ E |
URL(s) | |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr Geonhwa Jee (Korea Polar Research Institute). Email: ghjee at kopri.re.kr; Dr. Jeong-Han Kim (Korea Polar Research Institute). Email: jhkim at kopri.re.kr |
Data Request Contact | Data can also be found via the Korea Polar Data Center (https://kpdc.kopri.re.kr/metadata/). All data used in presentations/publications must be credited to KOPRI (preferably through a doi) and the PI & KPDC informed before submission. |
Status | Operational – wintertime data only |
Start date | Oct-15 |
end date | Present |
Sub-Antarctic
Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (Lat. 53° 46′ 48” S, Long. 67° 45′ 0” W)
Location | EARG, Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina |
Instrument type | Rayleigh Lidar |
Instrument Information | CORAL (Compact Rayleigh Autonomous Lidar) |
Data format | Temperature with spatial and temporal resolution of 900m and 10min respectively. Altitude: 20-90km |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 53° 46′ 48” S, Long. 67° 45′ 0” W |
URL(s) | http://kaifler.net/coral/ |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr. Bernd Kaifler (German Aerospace Center). Email: bernd.kaifler at dlr.de |
Data Request Contact | The PI. |
Status | Operating – nighttime only |
Start date | Nov-17 |
end date | active |
ARCTIC
Kjell Henriksen Observatory, Svalbard, Norway (Lat. 78.148°N, Long. 16.043°E)
Location | Kjell Henriksen Observatory, Svalbard, Norway |
Instrument type | 1m Ebert Fastie Spectrometer |
Instrument Information | OH(6-2) band of airglow |
Data format | Raw spectra from which the OH temperature can be determined. Emitting layer at approx. 87 km |
Geographic co-ordinates | GEO: 78.148 N, 16.043 E |
URL(s) | http://kho.unis.no |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | PI: Prof. Fred Sigernes (UNIS) Email:fred.sigernes at unis.no |
Data Request Contact | The PI |
Status | Operational – northern hemisphere winter only |
Start date | late 1980’s |
end date | N/A |
Location | Kjell Henriksen Observatory, Svalbard, Norway |
Instrument type | All-sky Airglow Imager |
Instrument Information | FOV 180 deg. Filter wheel w/ 4 filters + open + blocked. Notch @ 844.6nm, BP @ 844.6nm, BP @846.5, BP @ 840.0 |
Data format | Images w/ varius temporal resolution |
Geographic co-ordinates | GEO: 78.148 N, 16.043 E |
URL(s) | http://kho.unis.no |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | PI: Prof. Dag Lorentzen, email:dagl at unis.no |
Data Request Contact | The PI |
Status | Operational – northern hemisphere winter only |
Start date | Dec 2010 |
end date | N/A |
Kiruna, Sweden, (Lat. 67° 52′ N, Lon. 21° 14 ‘ E)
Location | Esrange Space Center, Kiruna |
Instrument type | Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
Instrument Information | OH airglow spectrometer |
Data format | Raw spectra from OH airglow measurement near 87 km altitude. Temperature and intensity can be determined from this raw spectra. |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 67° 52′ N, Lon. 21° 14 ‘ E |
URL(s) | |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr Geonhwa Jee (Korea Polar Research Institute). Email: ghjee at kopri.re.kr; Dr. Jeong-Han Kim (Korea Polar Research Institute). Email: jhkim at kopri.re.kr |
Data Request Contact | Data can also be found via the Korea Polar Data Center (https://kpdc.kopri.re.kr/metadata/). All data used in presentations/publications must be credited to KOPRI (preferably through a doi) and the PI & KPDC informed before submission. |
Status | Operational – wintertime data only |
Start date | Sep-03 |
end date | Present |
Location | Esrange Space Center, Kiruna |
Instrument type | Fabry-Perot Interferometer |
Instrument Information | Two filtered (630.0/732.0 nm) FPI |
Data format | 3 dimensional neutral/ion winds and temperatures from the airglow emissions at around 250/300 km altitudes. |
Geographic co-ordinates | Lat. 67° 52′ N, Lon. 21° 14 ‘ E |
URL(s) | |
Principal Investigator(s) and contact details. | Dr Geonhwa Jee (Korea Polar Research Institute). Email: ghjee at kopri.re.kr; Dr. Jeong-Han Kim (Korea Polar Research Institute). Email: jhkim at kopri.re.kr |
Data Request Contact | Data can also be found via the Korea Polar Data Center (https://kpdc.kopri.re.kr/metadata/). All data used in presentations/publications must be credited to KOPRI (preferably through a doi) and the PI & KPDC informed before submission. |
Status | Operational – wintertime data only |
Start date | Oct-16 |
end date | Present |