Last updated on January 27, 2017

Tromsø UHF operation memorandum for the January 27, 2017 experiment

Experiment name: SP_AURORA
PI: Y. Tanaka (NIPR), T. Sakanoi (Tohoku Univ.), and Y. Ogawa (NIPR)
Resources: NI(30)


(eiscat@ clubra for the UHF radar)
scan pattern file: /kst/exp/ei/arc1/arc1.elan

eroshost: 129.242.31.100  (t49851)
elan files: t45001: /kst/exp/ei/arc1/arc1/

Pulse scheme: arc1 (version 2. Range coverage: 60-300 km)
Start time: 01:29 UT on January 27, 2017 (Friday)
End time:	 04:00 UT on January 27, 2017 (Friday)

Participants: Yasunobu Ogawa, Keisuke Hosokawa and Toru Takahashi 

Before our experiment: CP-2 till 20 UT on 26 January
After our experiment: Nothing
Other experiments: EISCAT VHF radar (CP-4, bella pulse code)

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(UHF)
January 26, 2016
19:40 UT Stand by at the EISCAT main building
20:30 UT Stand by at PRE building

January 27, 2016
01:05 UT Stand by at the main building
01:13 UT runexp /kst/exp/ei/arc1/arc1 lm cp1 NI
01:29 UT enablerecording
01:29 UT Tx power is 1.2 MW
01:31 UT started guisdap analysis

03:59 UT stopexp 04:00

Note: It was mostly cloudy or rainy in Ramfordmoen, while it was a clear sky and bright auroral arcs and pulsating auroras were seen in Kiruna and Tjautjas.