Review of the accomplishments of midlatitude Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) HF radars

Nishitani, Nozomu; Ruohoniemi, John Michael; Lester, Mark; Baker, Joseph Benjamin Harold; Koustov, Alexandre Vasilyevich; Shepherd, Simon G.; Chisham, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1151-5934; Hori, Tomoaki; Thomas, Evan G.; Makarevich, Roman A.; Marchaudon, Aurélie; Ponomarenko, Pavlo; Wild, James A.; Milan, Stephen E.; Bristow, William A.; Devlin, John; Miller, Ethan; Greenwald, Raymond A.; Ogawa, Tadahiko; Kikuchi, Takashi. 2019 Review of the accomplishments of midlatitude Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) HF radars. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 6 (27). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-019-0270-5

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Abstract/Summary

The Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) is a network of high-frequency (HF) radars located in the high- and mid-latitude regions of both hemispheres that is operated under international cooperation. The network was originally designed for monitoring the dynamics of the ionosphere and upper atmosphere in the high-latitude regions. However, over the last approximately 15 years, SuperDARN has expanded into the mid-latitude regions. With radar coverage that now extends continuously from auroral to sub-auroral and mid-latitudes, a wide variety of new scientific findings have been obtained. In this paper, the background of mid-latitude SuperDARN is presented at first. Then, the accomplishments made with mid-latitude SuperDARN radars are reviewed in five specified scientific and technical areas: convection, ionospheric irregularities, HF propagation analysis, ion-neutral interactions, and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves. Finally, the present status of mid-latitude SuperDARN is updated and directions for future research are discussed.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-019-0270-5
Additional Keywords:	Mid-latitude SuperDARN, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, Convection, Ionospheric irregularities, HF propagation analysis, Ion-neutral interactions, MHD waves
Date made live:	19 Mar 2019 16:30 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/522596

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-019-0270-5

Additional Keywords:

Mid-latitude SuperDARN, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, Convection, Ionospheric irregularities, HF propagation analysis, Ion-neutral interactions, MHD waves

Date made live:

19 Mar 2019 16:30 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/522596