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Table 1 Incoherent scatter radar parameters

From: Space and atmospheric physics on Svalbard: a case for continued incoherent scatter radar measurements under the cusp and in the polar cap boundary region

Name

Location (geographic latitude, longitude)

Operating frequency (MHz)

EISCAT Svalbard Radar

78\(^\circ\)9\(^\prime\) N 16\(^\circ\)1\(^\prime\) E

500

RISR (Resolute Bay) N/C

74\(^\circ\)43\(^\prime\) N 94\(^\circ\)54\(^\prime\) W

442

EISCAT Tromsø UHF/VHF

69\(^\circ\)35\(^\prime\) N 19\(^\circ\)13\(^\prime\) E

928/224

PFISR (Poker Flat)

65\(^\circ\)6\(^\prime\) N 147\(^\circ\)28\(^\prime\) W

449

MU

34\(^\circ\)51’ N 136\(^\circ\)6\(^\prime\) E

47

Millstone Hill

42\(^\circ\)36\(^\prime\) N 71\(^\circ\)30\(^\prime\) W

440

Jicamarca

11\(^\circ\)57\(^\prime\) S 76\(^\circ\)52\(^\prime\) W

50

PANSY

69\(^\circ\)S, 39\(^\circ\)36\(^\prime\) E

47

Sondrestrom (shutdown in 2018)

66\(^\circ\)59\(^\prime\) N 50\(^\circ\)57\(^\prime\) W

1290

Aricebo (shutdown in 2020)

18\(^\circ\)26\(^\prime\) N 66\(^\circ\)38\(^\prime\) W

430

EISCAT_3D Transmitter site (operational from 2023 onwards)

69\(^\circ\)20\(^\prime\) N 20\(^\circ\)18\(^\prime\) E

223