Space Plasma Exploration by Active Radar (SPEAR): an overview of a future radar facility

Space Plasma Exploration by Active Radar (SPEAR): an overview of a future radar facility

SPEAR is a new polar cap HF radar facility which is to be deployed on Svalbard. The principal capabilities of SPEAR will include the generation of artificial plasma irregularities, operation as an 'all-sky' HF radar, the excitation of ULF waves, and remote sounding of the magnetosphere...

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Main Authors:	D. M. Wright, J. A. Davies, T. R. Robinson, P. J. Chapman, T. K. Yeoman, E. C. Thomas, M. Lester, S. W. H. Cowley, A. J. Stocker, R. B. Horne, F. Honary
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Copernicus Publications 2000-09-01
Series:	Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:	https://www.ann-geophys.net/18/1248/2000/angeo-18-1248-2000.pdf

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