A realistic radar data simulator for the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network

Simple item page
dc.contributorVirginia Techen
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, A. J.en
dc.contributor.authorPonomarenko, Pavlo V.en
dc.contributor.authorRuohoniemi, J. Michaelen
dc.contributor.authorBaker, Joseph B. H.en
dc.contributor.authorClausen, Lasse B. N.en
dc.contributor.authorGreenwald, R. A.en
dc.contributor.authorde Larquier, S.en
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
dc.date.accessed2013-11-20en
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-02T18:12:00Zen
dc.date.available2013-12-02T18:12:00Zen
dc.date.issued2013-05-01en
dc.description.abstractThe Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) is a chain of HF radars for monitoring plasma flows in the high and middle latitude E and F regions of the ionosphere. The targets of SuperDARN radars are plasma irregularities which can flow up to several kilometers per second and can be detected out to ranges of several thousand kilometers. We have developed a simulator which is able to model SuperDARN data realistically. The simulation system comprises four separate parts: model scatterers, model collective properties, a model radar, and post-processing. Importantly, the simulator is designed using the collective scatter approach which accurately captures the expected statistical fluctuations of the radar echoes. The output of the program can represent either receiver voltages or autocorrelation functions (ACFs) in standard SuperDARN file formats. The simulator is useful for testing and implementation of SuperDARN data processing software and for investigation of how radar data and performance change when the nature of the irregularities or radar operation varies. The companion paper demonstrates the application of simulated data to evaluate the performance of different ACF fitting algorithms. The data simulator is applicable to other ionospheric radar systems.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation AGS-0849031,AGS-0946900en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationRibeiro, A. J., P. V. Ponomarenko, J. M. Ruohoniemi, J. B. H. Baker, L. B. N. Clausen, R. A. Greenwald, and S. de Larquier (2013), A realistic radar data simulator for the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network, Radio Sci., 48, 283-288, doi:10.1002/rds.20032en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/rds.20032en
dc.identifier.issn0048-6604en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/24272en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Unionen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSuperDARNen
dc.subjectRadaren
dc.subjectSimulatoren
dc.subjectIonosphereen
dc.subjectIrregularitiesen
dc.subjectCollective wave scatteringen
dc.subjectHigh-latitude ionosphereen
dc.subjectSpectral widthen
dc.subjectHF radarsen
dc.subjectEchoesen
dc.subjectCuspen
dc.titleA realistic radar data simulator for the Super Dual Auroral Radar Networken
dc.title.serialRadio Scienceen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
rds20032.pdf
Size:
294.69 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Main article
Download

Collections

Scholarly Works, Electrical and Computer Engineering