Canopus — A ground-based instrument array for remote sensing the high latitude ionosphere during the ISTP/GGS program
Rostoker, G. ; Samson, J. C. ; Creutzberg, F. ; Hughes, T. J. ; McDiarmid, D. R. ; McNamara, A. G. ; Jones, A. Vallance ; Wallis, D. D. ; Cogger, L. L.
Springer
Published 1995
Springer
Published 1995
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1572-9672
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Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
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Physics
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Abstract Proper interpretation ofin situ satellite data requires a knowledge of the global state of the magnetosphere-ionosphere system. CANOPUS is a large-scale array of remote sensing equipment monitoring the high latitude ionosphere from the north-central to the north-west portion of North America. The array comprises thirteen magnetometers and riometers four meridian scanning photometers, a digital allsky imager and an auroral radar linked by geostationary satellite to a central receiving node in Ottawa, where the data are archived and made available in near real time to participating scientists. This paper provides a technical description of the various instruments in the CANOPUS array, and contains a summary of the key parameters which will be provided to the Central Data Handling Facility (CDHF) located at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, for use by the ISTP/GGS community.
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