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Mid-Latitude SuperDARN Radar Infrastructure for the Study of Ionospheric Electrodynamics and Atmospheric Processes on Global Scales. 2011 Aleutian Islands, AK. 2012 Azore Islands, Portugal. OSU – 2010 Corvallis, OR. ATM-0838219. FHSU – 2009 Hays, KS. MSI Radar Participants.
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Mid-Latitude SuperDARN Radar Infrastructure for the Study of Ionospheric Electrodynamics and Atmospheric Processes on Global Scales 2011 Aleutian Islands, AK 2012 Azore Islands, Portugal OSU – 2010 Corvallis, OR ATM-0838219 FHSU – 2009 Hays, KS
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 football field (for scale only) Antenna Arrays Antenna Arrays 1000 feet Corvallis, OR 200 feet
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 Blackstone Radar Antenna Array Interferometer Array Main Array
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 Contacts at OSU: College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science (COAS) Jeffrey (Jeff) Barnes barnes@coas.oregonstate.edu Professor p: 541.737.5685 Large-scale atmospheric dynamics and planetary atmospheres, planetary exploration. Mark Abbott mark@coas.oregonstate.edu Dean and Professor p: 541.737.5195 Biological Oceanography Robert (Bob) Duncan rduncan@coas.oregonstate.edu Associate Dean for Student p: 541.737.5189 Programs and Professor Marine Geology & Geophysics
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 OSU Satellite Campus at Community College
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 Possible Location: near Corvallis Mt. Hood – 11,249' Airport Mt. Jefferson – 10,497' Willammette Valley 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 • 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 • 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
Oregon MSI Radar Build: Summer 2010 Near Bend, OR Willammette Valley Alfalfa, OR
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 • 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 • 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