Mid-Latitude SuperDARN Radar Infrastructure for the Study of Ionospheric Electrodynamics and Atmospheric Processes on Global Scales ATM FHSU – 2009 Hays, KS OSU – 2010 Corvallis, OR 2011 Aleutian Islands, AK 2012 Azore Islands, Portugal
MSI Radar Participants Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA J. Michael Ruohoniemi (PI) Associate Professor Raymond Greenwald (Co-PI) Research Professor Jo Baker Assistant Professor Dartmouth College Hanover, NH Simon Shepherd (Co-PI) Research Associate Professor U of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK Bill Bristow (Co-PI) Associate Professor Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel, MD Elsayed Talaat (Co-PI) Senior Scientist Robin Barnes Programmer
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 Corvallis, OR
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 Corvallis, OR football field (for scale only) 200 feet 1000 feet Antenna Arrays
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 Main Array Blackstone Radar Antenna Array Interferometer Array
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010
Contacts at OSU: Jeffrey (Jeff) Barnes Professor p: Large-scale atmospheric dynamics and planetary atmospheres, planetary exploration. Mark Abbott Dean and Professor p: Biological Oceanography Robert (Bob) Duncan Associate Dean for Student p: Programs and Professor Marine Geology & Geophysics College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science (COAS)
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 Satellite Campus at Community College OSU
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 Possible Location: near Corvallis Willammette Valley Airport Mt. Hood – 11,249' Mt. Jefferson – 10,497' Airport OSU Airport
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 Near Shedd, OR
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 Near Shedd, OR
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 Near Shedd, OR
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 Willamette Valley Land looks heavily used, how likely is it to get a farmer to lease land to us? Travel to Eugene not so easy: No direct flights United: BOS-SFO-EUG ~ $700 Eugene to Corvallis – 1:03 drive More populated than East of the Cascade Range Lots of flat agricultural land Near OSU Travel is relatively easy: Southwest Airlines: MHT-PDX Alaska and AA: BOS-PDX $500-$600 Portland to Corvallis – 1:34 drive Likely that contractors are readily available
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 Near Bend, OR Alfalfa, OR Willammette Valley
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 Alfalfa, OR Bend, OR Alfalfa, OR
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 Alfalfa, OR
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 Alfalfa, OR
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 East of Alfalfa, OR Alfalfa, OR
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 East of Alfalfa, OR Alfalfa, OR
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 East of Alfalfa, OR
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 East of Alfalfa, OR
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 West of Alfalfa, OR Alfalfa, OR
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 West of Alfalfa, OR Alfalfa, OR
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 West of Alfalfa, OR
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 West of Alfalfa, OR
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 West of Alfalfa, OR
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 West of Alfalfa, OR
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 East of Bend – near Alfalfa Scrub land looks a bit hillier, but not sure how hilly... Travel to Alfalfa is not so easy: No direct flights United: BOS-SFO-RDM ~ $700-$800 Redmond to Alfalfa – 0:40 drive "public land" could be an issue for permitting More open land available, some is "public land" Near OSU satellite campus in Bend, OR Travel to Alfalfa is not so easy: Southwest Airlines: MHT-PDX Alaska and AA: BOS-PDX $500-$600 Portland to Alfalfa – 3:36 drive