The Remote Equatorial Nighttime Observatory for Equatorial Regions (RENOIR)

Details The Remote Equatorial Nighttime Observatory for Equatorial Regions (RENOIR) The Remote Equatorial Nighttime Observatory for Equatorial Regions (RENOIR)

Dec 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005agufmsm21a0359m&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2005, abstract #SM21A-0359

Physics

2415 Equatorial Ionosphere, 2439 Ionospheric Irregularities, 2494 Instruments And Techniques, 7944 Ionospheric Effects On Radio Waves

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The Remote Equatorial Nighttime Observatory for Ionospheric Regions (RENOIR) station consists of several types of complimentary instruments for studying the equatorial/low-latitude ionosphere/thermosphere system, its response to storms, and the irregularities that can be present on a daily basis. The equipment comprising a complete RENOIR station will consist of:
one wide-field ionospheric imaging system, two miniaturized Fabry-Perot interferometers (FPI), a dual-frequency GPS receiver, an array of five single-frequency GPS scintillation monitors.
These instruments will allow RENOIR to make measurements of thermospheric neutral winds/temperatures, ionospheric scintillations, the two-dimensional structure of scintillation regions, and total electron content. Each individual instrument operates autonomously and requires little upkeep on a day-to-day basis. In addition, the instruments are all capable of providing real-time data to users either locally or connected to the Internet. Although each instrument provides valuable data as a stand-along instrument, having the equipment fielded at a single location as part of a complete station would allow for an unprecedented view of the nighttime thermosphere/ionosphere system and how it reacts to internal structuring and external forcing. We will give an overview of the instruments in a RENOIR station, describe the science that will be enabled by fielding RENOIR, and detail the considerations for fielding and maintaining the equipment.

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