What’s new about AMISR? • First incoherent scatter radar built by NSF • First U. S. incoherent scatter radar built for basic research • First phased-array, solid- state incoherent scatter radar • First incoherent scatter radar with no moving parts • First relocatable incoherent scatter radar • First reconfigurable incoherent scatter radar
What’s new about AMISR? First incoherent scatter radar built by NSF First U. S. incoherent scatter radar built for basic research First phased-array, solid-state.
Jan 18, 2016
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What’s new about AMISR?
• First incoherent scatter radar built by NSF
• First U. S. incoherent scatter radar built for basic research
• First phased-array, solid-state incoherent scatter radar
• First incoherent scatter radar with no moving parts
• First relocatable incoherent scatter radar• First reconfigurable incoherent scatter
radar
ISR Sensitivity Comparison
0.9
2.7
3.2
3.23.56
3.89
4.85
0 2 4 6
Log Relative Sensitivity
Arecibo
Three-face AMISR
Millstone Fixed
Millstone Steerable
Sondrestrom/EISCAT
Single-face AMISR
16-panel AMISR
The Advanced Modular Incoherent Scatter Radar (AMISR)
Parts ListAntenna Element Unit (AEU)
12288 pieces
Solid-State Power Amplifier12288 pieces
AMISR panel384 pieces
AMISR Faces
3 pieces
AMISR Support Structures
3 pieces
+ +
++
=384 Panel Control Boards
AMISR Status
AMISR support structure at Poker Flat. 32 panels on route to Alaska for installation in second half of October. Interference testing with Clear AFB personnel to be conducted in November.
AMISR prototype at Jicamarca, Peru. Eight panels undergoing tests and being used for scientific studies. Can detect coherent echoes from equatorial electrojet.
AMISR prototype at Gakona, Alaska. Sixteen panels undergoing tests and being used for scientific studies. Can detect backscatter from heater induced irregularities and recently observed incoherent scatter returns from 400 km altitude.
2005 2006 2007
Full AMISR face at Poker Flat
Begin Poker Flat ops and testing
Assemble two faces at Resolute Bay
Test AMISR at Resolute Bay
Begin Resolute Bay operations
Begin construction of Resolute Bay support structure
First 32 panels at Poker Flat
AMISR Completion Schedule
Begin mfg. of AEUs for Resolute Bay
Ship panels and AEUs to Resolute Bay
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