Bars — A dual bistatic auroral radar system for the study of electric fields in the Canadian sector of the auroral zone |
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Authors: | AG McNamara DR McDiarmid GJ Sofko JA Koehler PA Forsyth DR Moorcroft |
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Institution: | 1. National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada;7. University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada;71. University of Western Ontario, London, Canada |
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Abstract: | One instrument of the Canadian Auroral Network for the Open Program Unified Study (CANOPUS) is a pulsed dual bistatic auroral radar system (BARS) for the mapping of ionospheric electric fields, using the STARE technique originated by R.A. Greenwald 14]. The Canadian system is presently in the specification and design phases, with the objective of being operational by mid-1984. This paper describes the geometry of the BARS system, the design considerations, and the planned data and control network. |
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