Hainan Coherent Scatter Phased Array Radar (HCOPAR): System Design and Ionospheric Irregularity Observations

	Hainan Coherent Scatter Phased Array Radar (HCOPAR): System Design and Ionospheric Irregularity Observations
	Chen, Gang; Jin, Han; Yan, Jing-Ye; Cui, Xiao; Zhang, Shao-Dong; Yan, Chun-Xiao; Yang, Guo-Tao; Lan, Ai-Lan; Gong, Wan-Lin; Qiao, Lei
刊名	IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING
	2017
卷号	55 期号:8 页码:4757-4765
关键词	Antenna array coherent scatter radar ionospheric irregularity
ISSN号	0196-2892
通讯作者	Chen, G (reprint author), Wuhan Univ, Elect Informat Sch, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, Peoples R China.
英文摘要	The Hainan coherent scatter phased array radar (HCOPAR) is one of the most important radio systems of the Chinese Meridian Space Weather Monitoring Project (Meridian Project). The radar is located at Fuke station (19.5 degrees N, 109.1 degrees E, dip latitude 8.1 degrees N), Hainan island, China, to observe the field-aligned irregularities in ionospheric E-and F-regions. It is operated with a peak power of 54 kW and uses the Barker codes for good sensitivity. Its antenna array is composed of 18x4 five-element Yagi antennas and is used for both transmitting and receiving. The Yagi antennas are arranged in a rectangular grid 100 m long and 20 m wide, covering an area of 2000 m(2). This antenna arrangement forms seven radar beams from -22.5 degrees to 22.5 degrees in azimuth with an angle step of 7.5 degrees. The central beam points to due geographic north. A brief description of the radar system, data processing, and signal characteristics is also provided. The intensity, Doppler velocities, and spectral widths of the quasi-periodic echoes measured in the nighttime of June 23, 2013 are presented as typical data of type II irregularities in the E-region. The data recorded by the HCOPAR in the fan-beam mode on September 15, 2013 are displayed as the typical F-region plasma bubbles.
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.nssc.ac.cn/handle/122/5996]
专题	国家空间科学中心_空间科学部
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chen, Gang,Jin, Han,Yan, Jing-Ye,et al. Hainan Coherent Scatter Phased Array Radar (HCOPAR): System Design and Ionospheric Irregularity Observations[J]. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING,2017,55(8):4757-4765.
APA	Chen, Gang.,Jin, Han.,Yan, Jing-Ye.,Cui, Xiao.,Zhang, Shao-Dong.,...&Wang, Jin.(2017).Hainan Coherent Scatter Phased Array Radar (HCOPAR): System Design and Ionospheric Irregularity Observations.IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING,55(8),4757-4765.
MLA	Chen, Gang,et al."Hainan Coherent Scatter Phased Array Radar (HCOPAR): System Design and Ionospheric Irregularity Observations".IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING 55.8(2017):4757-4765.