CAMPAIGN IN FISCAL-YEAR 2008

OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS: STATUS AND SOME CHAMPION DATA

SUMMARY (in October to November 2008: operation was made by YT @ NIPR):
Date      UT:  18 19 20 21 22 23 24 01 02 03 04 05 06  Movies
2008/10/27-28
2008/10/28-29
2008/10/29-30
2008/10/30-31
2008/10/31-01
2008/11/01-02
2008/11/02-03
2008/11/03-04
2008/11/04-05
2008/11/05-06
2008/11/06-07
2008/11/07-08

NOTES:
a: discrete auroral arc           d: diffuse aurora 
A: active aurora                  B: auroral break up
p: pulsating aurora               P: active pulsating aurora
n: auroral arcs at the northern edge of images
e: auroral arcs at the southern edge of images
_: clear sky and no aurora        .: no observation
": many clouds                    ': a few clouds or hazy
*: rain or snow                   /: overcast

EISCAT RADAR OBSERVATIONS: SCHEDULE, LOG AND DATA PLOTS

SUMMARY (October to November 2008: operation was made by YO @ NIPR):
Date      UT:  18 19 20 21 22 23 24 01 02 03 04 05 06  Notes
2008/10/27-28    .  .  .  .  A  A  A  A  .  .  .  .    SP requested from Sweden (PI: IS)
2008/10/28-29    C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C 
2008/10/29-30    C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C 
2008/10/30-31    .  .  .  .  A' A' A' A' .  .  .  .    SP requested from Japan (PI: KH)
2008/10/31-01    .  .  .  .  A  A  A  A  .  .  .  .    SP requested from Japan (PI: KH)
2008/11/01-02    .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
2008/11/02-03    A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  .  .  .  .    SP requested from Japan (IP: AK) & Sweden (PI: IS)
2008/11/03-04    .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
2008/11/04-05    ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
2008/11/05-06    ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
2008/11/06-07    ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
2008/11/07-08    A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  .  .  .  .    SP requested from Japan (PI: KH)

NOTES:
A: Field-aligned with "arc1" pulse scheme in UHF system
B: Field-aligned with "beata" pulse scheme in UHF system
C: Common Programme with UHF system (CP1)
I: Common Programme with UHF system (IPY)
': with VHF radar running
.: no operation

CUTLASS RADAR OBSERVATIONS: SCHEDULE, LOG AND DATA PLOTS

SUMMARY (October to November 2008: operation was made by Univ. of Leicester):
Date      UT:  18 19 20 21 22 23 24 01 02 03 04 05 06  Notes
2008/10/27-28
2008/10/28-29
2008/10/29-30
2008/10/30-31
2008/10/31-01
2008/11/01-02
2008/11/02-03
2008/11/03-04
2008/11/04-05
2008/11/05-06
2008/11/06-07
2008/11/07-08

NOTES:
N: normal scan (7 sec dwell time for each beam)
H: HTR normal scan (3 sec dwell time for each beam)
T: THEMIS scan (3 sec dwell time for each beam)
3: half myopic (beam7 over Tjornes in Ch.B, 3 sec dwell time)
7: half myopic (beam7 over Tjornes in Ch.B, 7 sec dwell time)
M: full myopic (full scan in Ch.A and beam7 over Tromsoe in Ch.B, 2 sec dwell time)

Schedule file for October 2008 may be available here
Schedule file for November 2008 may be available here

REIMEI OBSERVATIONS: PASS AND DATA PLOTS

Under construction

Go back to Keisuke Hosokawa's Webpage