Citation for the 2017 RAS Group Achievement Award
SuperDARN
The Group Achievement Award for achievement by a large consortium in geophysics is
awarded to SuperDARN.
The Super Dual Auroral Radar Network, or SuperDARN, has worked as a co-operative
international consortium for over 20 years, and has proved to be immensely successful in
studying dynamical geophysical processes in the Earth’s magnetosphere, ionosphere, and
neutral atmosphere. SuperDARN consists of ground-based coherent-scatter radars making
measurements of the properties of the Earth’s ionised atmosphere on local and global scales.
It has provided insight into a broad range of processes and phenomena, including magnetic
reconnection, plasma convection, energy flow into the magnetosphere, global tides in the
mesosphere and thermosphere, and the disturbances that lead to the disruption of radio
communications.
From its beginnings as isolated, individually run radars, SuperDARN has grown into a
network covering extensive regions of both the northern and southern polar ionospheres. The
SuperDARN consortium is currently led by Professor Mark Lester, and involves 9 countries,
16 institutes and 33 radars worldwide. Over the past 20 years, SuperDARN has produced
numerous scientific firsts, and around 700 refereed papers. SuperDARN has been a scientific
backbone for the UK and international Magnetosphere, Ionosphere and Solar-Terrestrial
physics community, and the dedication of the SuperDARN teams ensures that it continues to
provide scientific breakthroughs.
For these reasons, the SuperDARN team is awarded the Royal Astronomical Society’s Group
Achievement Award.
The Royal Astronomical Society Presents Group Achievement Award to the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network
By: miker on: Mon., June 19, 2017 11:02 AM EDT (6756 Reads)
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The Royal Astronomical Society has bestowed the 2017 Group Achievement Award in geophysics, solar physics, and solar-terrestrial physics on the international SuperDARN collaboration. Announcement of the award was made at the Ordinary Meeting of the Society held on January 13, 2017. The award will be presented at the Society's National Astronomy meeting in Hull in July to Prof. Mark Lester, Chair of the SuperDARN PI Committee. The on-line announcement of the 2017 RAS awards, medals, and prizes is found at https://www.ras.org.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/2943-winners-of-the-2017-awards-medals-and-prizes-full-details
 Click on 'Read More' to view the citation, which is also included as a permanent item in the list of SD documents. Congratulations are due to all SuperDARN contributors through the years, from the early founders to the current postdocs and students. |
