Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Gwich'in Settlement Area
Tags: physical sciences, magnetic field, aurora borealis, space weather
| Principal Investigator: | McWilliams, Kathryn (5) |
| Licence Number: | 16112 |
| Organization: | University of Saskatchewan |
| Licensed Year(s): |
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| Issued: | Jun 28, 2017 |
| Project Team: | Dieter Andre, Bill Archer, Marci Detwiller, Glenn Hussey, Keith Kotyk, Sasha Koustov, Kevin Krieger, Kathryn McWilliams, Pasha Ponomarenko, George Sofko, Jean-Pierre St. Maurice, Cindy Jelinski, Dayna Johnson, Randi Strunk |
Objective(s): To measure voltage patterns several hundred kilometers above the ground, projecting out into space along the Earth's magnetic field lines.
Project Description: Just as high and low pressure systems drive normal weather, high and low voltages drive space weather. The radar network is designed to measure these voltage patterns several hundred kilometers above the ground, and these patterns project out into space along the Earth's magnetic field lines. The radar installation is rather simple, requiring transmitting and receiving electronics in a small building, and antennas outside. The radar requires a local Field Technical Support Officer. University of Saskatchewan SuperDARN engineers will make periodic trips to Inuvik to check the radar when problems arise that cannot be handled by the Support Officer. The radar engineering team aims to visit the site every one or two years during the summer when access to all of the site's infrastructure is best. SuperDARN Canada has an online presence including the website Superdarn.ca which includes publications, a forum, and soon a real time data display and a mailing list. SuperDARN Canada also has a social media presence (https://twitter.com/SuperDARNCanada and https://www.facebook.com/SuperDARNCanada/). Because the radars operate autonomously and remotely (based at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon), the research team welcome interactions with all interested parties via online methods. The fieldwork for this study will be conducted from June 28, 2017 to December 31, 2017.
