Papers & Presentations

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This page contains links to documents on topics relating to SuperDARN data analysis.

FITACF v3

• On the Noise Estimation in Super Dual Auroral Radar Network Data (Ponomarenko et al., 2022)

• FITACF 3.0 White Paper, (P. Ponomarenko, E. Bland & K. Kotyk, 2021)

• Velocity field of view plots and convection maps produced using FITACF 3.0 before and after filtering the non-guassian noise (E. Bland & P. Ponomarenko, 2021)

• Hardware and operational factors affecting the data pre-selection in FITACF (E. Bland & P. Ponomarenko, 2021) (may not display properly in browser - download recommended)

• FITACF 2.5 vs 3.0: Effect on convection maps (A. Fogg, M. Lester & T. Yeoman, 2021)

• FITACF 3.0 Release Notes, (RST4.1, 2018)

• FITACF 3.0 Evaluation Part 1 (E. Bland, 2018)

• FITACF 3.0 Evaluation Part 2 (P. Ponomarenko, 2018)

• FITACF 3.0 Presentation (P. Ponomarenko & K. Kotyk, 2016)

FITACF v1-2

• Proposed changes from FITACF1 to FITACF2 (P. Ponomarenko & C. Waters, 2005-2006)

• FITACF1 description (P. Ponomarenko & C. Waters, 2005-2006)

• Tutorial on FITACF1 (K. Baker, ~2002)

Velocity errors

• Velocity errors tutorial (P. Ponomarenko, 2013)

• White paper on velocity errors and ground scatter identification (K. Baker, 2003)

Interferometry

• Comparison of interferometer calibration techniques for improved SuperDARN elevation angles (Chisham et al., 2021)

• Calibrating SuperDARN Interferometers Using Meteor Backscatter (Chisham, 2018)

• Calibrating HF Radar Elevation Angle Measurements Using E Layer Backscatter Echoes (Ponomarenko et al., 2018)

• Elevation angle determination for SuperDARN HF radar layouts (Shepherd, 2017)

• Phase calibration of interferometer arrays at high‐frequency radars (Burrell et al., 2016)

• Post-calibration of elevation angle data (Ponomarenko et al., 2015)

• Detection of large phase offsets in SD interferometry (Ponomarenko, 2014)

RST Development Tasks

Major bugfixes and updates to the RST (c.a. 2013)

• Task 1: Missing DOF term

• Task 2: “Bad phase” flag

• Task 3: Cumulative CRI level

• Task 4: Misreading AACGM coefficients

• Task 5: Dealing with zero values of smsep and txpl

• Task 6: Optimization of fitting routines (5 out of 6 proposed modifications have been implemented in FITACF3.0)

Radar Operating Software

This topic falls outside the scope of the DAWG, but some information is provided here for historical reasons.

• Manual for radar operating system (R. Barnes, 2000)