Instruments

Radio Science Instrumentation

The Millstone Hill Incoherent Scatter Radar

• Millstone Hill Incoherent Scatter Radar

  Millstone Hill Incoherent Scatter Radar Operations

Intercepted Signals for Ionospheric Science

• Intercepted Signals for Ionospheric Science

GPS Ionospheric Monitoring

• GPS Ionospheric Monitoring

CIDR Beacon Receivers

• CIDR Beacon Receivers

  CIDR Beacon Receiver Operational Notes

Ionospheric Radar Listing

These are radar systems which are used for monitoring of the ionosphere and near space environment.

Incoherent Scatter Radar Systems

• Arecibo	The Arecibo Radio Telescope is also used as one of the world's most powerful radars.
  EISCAT Svalbard	The EISCAT Svalbard radar system is located on Svalbard island near Longyearbyen.
  EISCAT Tromsø	The mainland ISR systems operated by the EISCAT Scientific Association
  Irkutsk Radar	An ISR located 150 km northwest of Irkutsk.
  Jicamarca Radio	A 50 MHz ISR located near the geomagnetic equator in Peru.
  Kharkov Radar	Ionospheric radars located in Ukraine.
  Millstone Hill	A 440 MHz UHF radar system located near Boston.
  Mu	An 50 MHz phased array radar located near Kyoto Japan.
  Sondrestrom	An L-band ISR system located in Greenland.
  AMISR	A mobile phased array UHF incoherent scatter radar currently located at Poker Flat, Alaska (operational) and Resolute Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada (under construction).

Coherent Scatter Radar Systems

• SuperDARN Radar Network	A large and capable HF Radar Network for monitoring ionospheric convection.
  CARL Radar	A portable 30 MHz coherent scatter system operated by Cornell.
  CUPRI Radar	A portable 50 MHz coherent scatter system operated by Cornell.
  SOUSY Jicamarca	A 53.5 MHz VHF coherent scatter system operated by Cornell at Jicamarca. Formerly at Max-Planck Institute, Katlinberg, Lindau, Germany.
  Manastash Ridge Radar	A passive radar system located in the Pacific Northwest which uses FM radio signals as illuminators.