Grid2, map2 files available back to July 2006
By: ksterne on: Fri., Apr. 17, 2020 11:08 AM EDT (1208 Reads)
As a general update, it's been a few years since the major revisions to our grid- and map-level processing software were complete. These revisions date back to RST 4.0 (as of this writing, RST is at version 4.3.1) with the new files being named grid2 and map2 so that previous files could be maintained for data reproducibility. A number of other data issues were being sorted out and processed, including the expansion of the VT data storage systems, that delayed a mass processing of the new files. However with a break in some activities, grid2 and map2 files have now been generated back to the start of the modern dmap file format on July 1, 2006.
As always, for a listing of what files we have for certain dates please visit our Data Inventory page. |
***SuperDARN Workshop 2020 POSTPONED to 2021***
By: miker on: Tue., Mar. 17, 2020 08:27 AM EDT (2244 Reads)
Following consultations with the organizers of the 2020 Workshop in South Africa (Drs. Michael Kosch and Judy Stephenson) and the SuperDARN PIs, the Chair of the SuperDARN Executive Council, Dr. Kathryn McWilliams, has announced that the SuperDARN Workshop is postponed until next year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
See the conference website for more information. Conference web site: https://superdarn2019.ukzn.ac.za. ![]() Any enquiries, please contact Judy at . Photo credit: Conference web site (Drakensberg cathedral peaks with aloes) |
Dome C North radar now contributing to SuperDARN data flow
By: miker on: Tue., Mar. 03, 2020 01:57 PM EST (1628 Reads)New radar located at Jiamusi in northeastern China now contributing to the SuperDARN data stream
By: miker on: Mon., Feb. 24, 2020 11:04 AM EST (1686 Reads)
The PI for the new HF radar located at Jiamusi, Dr. Jiaojiao Zhang of the National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has been working with the SuperDARN Data Distribution Working Group (DDWG) to begin contributing data to the general distribution. The radar site is located in northeastern China (46.8 deg N, 130.5 deg E; 41.8 deg N in AACGM) and first observations were reported by Zhang et al. 2020. Data from the radar will be available from June 25, 2019. The name of the associated hdw.dat file is hdw.dat.jme and the listing name for the radar is "Jiamusi East".
Congratulations to Dr. Zhang and her radar team! Photo: Side view of the main array of the Jiamusi radar (Photo credit: Jiaojiao Zhang) |
Update to AACGM-v2 model now available from Dartmouth College
By: miker on: Wed., Jan. 22, 2020 03:58 PM EST (1698 Reads)
Simon Shepherd has announced that the Altitude Adjusted Corrected Geomagnetic Coordinates (AACGM-v2) model, originally developed to compare conjugacy of data from SuperDARN radars in the northern and southern hemispheres Baker and Wing, 1989, has been updated. In his words:
'With the recent release of the 13th generation International Geomagnetic Reference Field (IGRF-13) (https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/IAGA/vmod/igrf.html) an update to AACGM-v2 is now available at http://superdarn.thayer.dartmouth.edu/aacgm.html ![]() The update includes new AACGM-v2 coefficients that extend the date range to 2025 and small changes to the software to accommodate the new date range and coefficient files. Note that small differences in the IGRF-13 coefficients will cause corresponding small changes in AACGM-v2 coordinates derived using the new model for dates beginning in 2010.' |