Regions: Gwich'in Settlement Area
Tags: physical sciences, magnetic field, aurora borealis, space weather
| Principal Investigator: | McWilliams, Kathryn (5) |
| Licence Number: | 16201 |
| Organization: | University of Saskatchewan |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2021
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| Issued: | Jan 10, 2018 |
Objective(s): To measure voltage patterns several hundred kilometers above the ground which project 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 (from the Auroral Research Institute). University of Saskatchewan SuperDARN engineers, Marci Detwiller, Keith Kotyk, and/or Kevin Krieger, will make periodic trips to Inuvik to check the radar when problems arise that cannot be handled by the Aurora Research Institute personnel. 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... Show more
