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Ground-Based Observations for the Upper Atmosphere at Jang Bogo Station, Antarctica:Preliminary Results


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1 Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
2 Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
3 High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
 

The second Korean Antarctic station, Jang Bogo Station (JBS), Terra Nova Bay (74°37.4′S, 164°13.7′E), is operational since March 2014. A Fabry–Perot Interferometer (FPI) and Vertical Incidence Pulsed Ionospheric Radar (VIPIR) were installed in 2014 and 2015 respectively, for simultaneous observations of neutral atmosphere and ionosphere in the polar region. Neutral winds observed by FPI show typical diurnal and semi-diurnal variations at around 250 km and 87 km respectively. VIPIR observations for the ionosphere also show typical electron density distributions in the polar region. Unlike conventional ionospheric sounder, it can measure ionospheric tilts to provide horizontal gradients of electron density over JBS in addition to general ionospheric parameters from sounding observation. In this article, we briefly report the preliminary results of the observations for the neutral atmosphere and ionosphere in the polar cap region.

Keywords

Fabry–Perot Interferometer, Polar Upper Atmosphere, Vertical Incidence Pulsed Ionospheric Radar.
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Authors

Ji Eun Kim
Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Jeong-Han Kim
Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Geonhwa Jee
Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Changsup Lee
Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Hyuck-Jin Kwon
Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Young-Bae Ham
Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Terence Bullett
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
Qian Wu
High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Justin Mabie
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
Nikolay Zabotin
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States

Abstract


The second Korean Antarctic station, Jang Bogo Station (JBS), Terra Nova Bay (74°37.4′S, 164°13.7′E), is operational since March 2014. A Fabry–Perot Interferometer (FPI) and Vertical Incidence Pulsed Ionospheric Radar (VIPIR) were installed in 2014 and 2015 respectively, for simultaneous observations of neutral atmosphere and ionosphere in the polar region. Neutral winds observed by FPI show typical diurnal and semi-diurnal variations at around 250 km and 87 km respectively. VIPIR observations for the ionosphere also show typical electron density distributions in the polar region. Unlike conventional ionospheric sounder, it can measure ionospheric tilts to provide horizontal gradients of electron density over JBS in addition to general ionospheric parameters from sounding observation. In this article, we briefly report the preliminary results of the observations for the neutral atmosphere and ionosphere in the polar cap region.

Keywords


Fabry–Perot Interferometer, Polar Upper Atmosphere, Vertical Incidence Pulsed Ionospheric Radar.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv115%2Fi9%2F1674-1678