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| Titel |
How the Saint Santin incoherent scatter system paved the way for a French involvement in EISCAT |
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P. Bauer, A. Giraud, W. Kofman, M. Petit, P. Waldteufel |
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Englisch
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2190-5010
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In: History of Geo- and Space Sciences ; 4, no. 2 ; Nr. 4, no. 2 (2013-09-13), S.97-103 |
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250084966
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/hgss-4-97-2013.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| This paper relates the development of a French incoherent scatter system
which started its operations in 1965. This development took place several
years after the initial implementation of such systems in the United States,
in Peru and in the United Kingdom. The French system, owing to its bistatic
configuration and the use of continuous waves, differed from the previous
ones. These characteristics yielded signals of excellent spectral quality,
unravelling the possibility of inferring physical parameters (Doppler shift,
average ion mass) out of reach, at that time, of other systems. The
possibility of making ion drift vector measurements led to extend the system
into a quadristatic configuration. The multiple capabilities offered by the
incoherent scatter technique, notably as concerns the thermodynamical
properties of the ionosphere and of the thermosphere, led further the French
community to a project of embarking an incoherent scatter radar on board a
ship. Taking account of a project of a Scandinavian auroral zone radar and
of the considerable interest of the study of auroral zone electrodynamics,
the French community abandoned the idea of the ship and expressed an
interest in joining the Scandinavian project in conjunction with Germany and
the United Kingdom. |
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