Project information
Project aim
The Tasman International Geospace Environment Radar (TIGER) is an over-the-horizon radar that locates ionospheric structures in the region between Tasmania and Antarctica, measuring their velocities. Compared with other similar (SuperDARN) radars, TIGER is uniquely sited to detect phenomena occurring in the region equatorward of the normal auroral oval. This project will exploit this advantage to study the physical processes generating phenomena that are poorly understood, such as sub-auroral convection flows and the regeneration of the plasmapause after magnetic storms. Results will be important for developing improved space weather predictions necessary, for example, for communications and satellite navigation systems.
Related publications
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First E-region observations of meso-scale neutral wind interaction with auroral arcs Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., 2009
(Ref: 14072)
Category 3: Abstract
We report the first observations of E-region neutral wind fields and their … interaction with auroral arcs at meso-scale spatial resolution during … geomagnetically quiet conditions at Mawson, Antarctica. This was achieved by … using a scanning Doppler imager…
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First Observations of Simultaneous Inter-hemispheric Conjugate High-latitude Thermospheric Winds Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., 2009
(Ref: 14073)
Authors:Category 3: Abstract
We report the first observations of simultaneous high-latitude interhemispheric … F-region neutral wind fields by combining the 630 nm optical … measurements from two scanning Doppler imagers (SDI) and three … Fabry-Perot interferometers (FPI) for a period exceeding 5 hours.
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First E region observations of mesoscale neutral wind
interaction with auroral arcs Journal of Geophysical Research, 2010
(Ref: 14112)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
We report the first observations of E region neutral wind fields and their interaction … with auroral arcs at mesoscale spatial resolution during geomagnetically quiet conditions at … Mawson, Antarctica. This was achieved by using a scanning Doppler imager…
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Different responses of northern and southern high latitude
ionospheric convection to IMF rotations: a case study based on SuperDARN observations Annales Geophysicae, 2009
(Ref: 14071)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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HF echo types revisited: aspect angle attenuation effects Annales Geophysicae, 2009
(Ref: 14070)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
The high-spatial-resolution observations of the auroral … E-region echoes by the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network … (SuperDARN) HF radar at Pykkvibaer, Iceland considered … in a previous study are re-examined.