December 13, 2004

 

KST UHF operation memorandum for the December 13 experiment

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Experiment name: tau2pl (CP2)

 

This SP (CP2) is made to support a rocket launch from Andoya.@ All associations have contributed their SP times.

 

elan files:tau2pl-elan (just use taul2pl series)

Pulse scheme: tau2pl

Start time: 16:00 UT on December 13, 2004

End time: 04:00 UT on December 14, 2004

 

Participants: Satonori Nozawa, and Takuo Tsuda

 

Before our experiment: AAEV

After our experiment: nothing

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Note: (time in UT)

December 13

@@@@@ Snowing.@ Temperature is 0 deg.

@@@@@ This is the 9th day for the Delta Campaign, and the last day.@

@@@@@ Because the sounding rocket was launched last night.

 

@@@@@ The waveguide was fixed.@ We gets nore more power: 1.9 MW

 

16:03@ START

@@@@@ at EROS4 console (UHF)

@@@@@ runexp /kst/exp/tau2pl/tau2pl 16:00 cp2 NI

@@@@@ @(292.9 km is set automatically for tristatic measurements)

@@@@@ Tx is on (1402 kW)

16:03@ sod runexp /kst/exp/tau2pl/tau2pl 16:00 cp2 NI

@@@@@ kir runexp /kst/exp/tau2pl/tau2pl 16:00 cp2 NI

16:03@ enablerec

16:03@ sod enablerec

@@@@@ kir enablerec

16:06@ at matilda

@@@@@ cd /home/eiscat/users/yogawa

@@@@@ guisdap_delta –a

@@@@@ @@@ data path = /data/tau2pl_u_cp2_1.10HF_NI@uhf@

@@@@@ @@@ result path = /analysis/results/AUTO; 0 0 0 1 1

@@@@@ at another window

@@@@@ @ cd /home/eiscat/users/yogawa

@@@@@ @ update &

@@@@@ http://www.eiscat.uit.no/~eiscat/yogawa/index.html

@@@@@

16:06@ Tx 1967 kW

 

16:30@ Very low (close to 1010 m-3) electron density.@ Is this right ?

17:35@@@ snowing (a bit raining)

18:05@ 1891 kW

18:44@ The ionosphere is very very quietc.@@

@@@@@ It is 3.3 degrees outside.@ The temperature increased by 10 degrees from noon.

 

19:04@ HRP

19:07@ HRP

19:09@ 1838 kW

20:08@ 1847 kW

 

December 14

02:36@ HRP

02:37@ 1900 kW

 

02:42@ HRP

02:46@ 1541 kW

 

@@@@@ Data looks not good.@ There might be something wrong.

@@@@@ Restart experiment was given a try

 

02:48@ stopexp

02:49@ runexp /kst/exp/tau2pl/tau2pl 02:48 cp2 NI

02:50@ enablerec

@@@@@ Tx=1649 kW

 

03:00@ VHF radar (Swedish SP) starts.@ It also shows low electron density profiles.

04:00@ stopexp (all sites)

@@@@@ 6 degrees

 

@@@@@ VERYVERY VERY QUIET!!!@ (or system problem ?)

 

l AAEV: Aspect angle effects in the velocity of E-region coherent echoes

l A multi-instrument campaign involving EISCAT, CUTLASS (special mode), and

STARE. The requested time is overscheduled and cancellation will occur depending on geophysical conditions (moderate to disturbed). The AAEV campaign is coordinated with the CRASE experiment so that if one is cancelled then another one will be run or vice versa. Altogether (AAEV+CRASE) 46 hours are requested while only 34 will be used.@@@