polar atmospheric research

Atmospheric Research Programme - Instruments

Research instrumentation

1. Instruments owned or partly owned by IRF
2. International facilities
3. Instruments owned / operated by our collaborators


1. Instruments owned or partly owned by IRF

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Measurement system Gives information about: Responsible Location Status
lidar aerosol, tropospheric ozone Peter Voelger, IRF IRF funding received from SMCE
ESRAD MST radar winds, turbulence, ca 1-15 km altitude all year , 80-90 km during summer Sheila Kirkwood, IRF

cooperation with SSC Esrange

Esrange, Kiruna in operation since July 1996
MARA
Moveable atmospheric radar for Antartica
winds, turbulence, ca 1-15 km altitude all year , 80-90 km during summer
Sheila Kirkwood, IRF

Indian research station Maitri (70.8°S, 11.7°E) operating in the Antarctic since summer season 2006/2007
KIMRA mm-wave radiometer ozone and other trace gas constituents in the stratosphere, profiles between 15 and 60 km Uwe Raffalski, IRF

co-operation with Forschungszentrum und Universität Karlsruhe, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research

IRF, Kiruna in operation since 2002
NLC NETWORK
a network of NLC automated cameras
Noctilucent Clouds and wave dynamics around the summer mesopause Peter Dalin, IRF

co-operation with institutes and organisations from Russia, Lithuania, Canada, the UK, Denmark, Japan

IRF, Kiruna operating during summer time (20 May - 15 August) since 2004
weather station temperature, wind, pressure, humidity, UV-radiation IRF IRF Kiruna data available since 2009

2. International facilities

Measurement system Gives information about: Responsible Location Status
EISCAT density, temperature, winds ca 80-110 km altitude, plasma parameters ca 70-1000 km altitude EISCAT Scientific Association (UK, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Japan, China) Northern Scandinavia, Svalbard In operation since 1981,
Svalbard station since March 1996

3. Instruments owned / operated by our collaborators

Measurement system Gives information about: Responsible / contact info Location Status
FT-IR spectrometer Total column amounts of O3 (ozone), ClONO2, HCl, HNO3, NO, N2O, NO2, HO2NO2, CFC-12, CFC-22, HF, COF2, C2H2, C2H4, C2H6, CH4, CO, H2O, HDO, HCN, OCS, and others IMK (Germany), STEL (Japan); contact at IRF: Uwe Raffalski IRF, Kiruna in operation since Mar 1996
MIRA-2 radiometer ozone and other trace gas constituents in the stratosphere, profiles between 15 and 60 km FzK Karlsruhe contact at IRF: Uwe Raffalski IRF, Kiruna operated in campaigns 1996-2001
SKiYMET (Bath Arctic Meteor Radar) meteor trail winds, "temperatures" Dr N.J.Mitchell, University of Bath Esrange, Kiruna in operation since 1999
UV-visible spectrometer total ozone (DU) BrO NIWAR, New Zealand;
contact at IRF: Uwe Raffalski
IRF, Kiruna in operation since 1991
DOAS nitrogen oxides, halogen oxides, ozone contact at Heidelberg University, Barbara Dix, Thomas Wagner
contact at IRF: Uwe Raffalski
IRF Kiruna in operation since December 1996
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