1. Operations update… Kevin Sterne SuperDARN Weekly Group Meeting
Kevin Sterne
Sept. 27, 2016

2. Kevin Sterne (Space@VT)
Space Weather Triggers
Dst trigger set to Van Allen probe conditions (-50 nT down, -25 nT up)
By the way, we’re no longer triggering any radars…
RTSW trigger set to go off if:
Max of last 6 hours < 0 nT
Average of last 6 hour < -3 nT
Posting to php files; loaded by Space Weather Portal page
Kevin Sterne
Operations update
Sept. 27, 2016

3. Kevin Sterne (Space@VT)
Millstone Hill Collab.
Oct. 1 – 5 (utc days)
Triggers should alert to activity
Real-time stream on USask site
Unsure of what we want bks to do…
1st, 2nd: Must run normally
3rd through 5th: Discretionary period
Kevin Sterne
Operations update
Sept. 27, 2016

4. Kevin Sterne (Space@VT)
iwdscan - gbr
Mode to support ISR World Days
Kevin Sterne
Operations update
Sept. 27, 2016

5. Kevin Sterne (Space@VT)
iwdscan - sto
Can’t fixed the frequency
Kevin Sterne
Operations update
Sept. 27, 2016

6. Kevin Sterne (Space@VT)
interleavescan
Mode to support ERG
No clear CP development; debugged Simon’s version for fhr.
Beam scans: fhe: 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 3, 7, 11, 15, 19 fhw: 21, 17, 13, 9, 5, 19, 15, 11, 7, 3, 20, 16, 12, 8, 4, 18, 14, 10, 6, 2
Kevin Sterne
Operations update
Sept. 27, 2016

7. Kevin Sterne (Space@VT)
eclipsescan
Mode to support next year’s eclipse
Based on pcodescan, rsep: 6km, 565 range gates
Only 3 beams (0, 11, 21); int. time: ~10 sec, scan time: 30 sec
Tested mid-July
Run fhe, fhw in early Aug discretionary periods between 16 and 20 utc
Kevin Sterne
Operations update
Sept. 27, 2016

8. Kevin Sterne (Space@VT)
Eclipsescan - results
Mostly bad propagation
Kevin Sterne
Operations update
Sept. 27, 2016