Browse plots of monthly radar operating metadata or search below for metadata for a given radar on a given date. Currently, this tool supports browsing of CPID, transmitting frequency, transmitting power, number of range gates, range separation, number of lags, pulse length, and number of pulses during each 2 hours of operation since 1993. Plots of ionospheric data can be browsed in our summary plot archive, and data files can be downloaded here, or access to our data mirror can be arranged by emailing us.
Data may be missing for recent years, as not all data has been collected and collated yet.
| File Name | Control Program | Range Gate Separation (km) | Num Range Gates | Tx Power (kW) | Tx Freq range (Hz) | Integration Time (s) | Tx Pulse Length (us) | Number of Pulses | Number of Lags |
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Any publications using SuperDARN Data must include the following text in their acknowledgements:
"The authors acknowledge the use of SuperDARN data. SuperDARN is a collection of radars funded by national scientific funding agencies of Australia, Canada, China, France, Italy, Japan, Norway, South Africa, United Kingdom and the United States of America."
During your study, if using data from individual radars only, please contact the Principal Investigator (PI) of that radar about potential co-authorship. A list of radars, institutions, and their PI's information can be found here.
For SuperDARN Canada managed radars (Saskatoon, Rankin Inlet, Inuvik, Clyde River, and Prince George), contact Dr. Glenn Hussey of the University of Saskatchewan.
SuperDARN is in the process of placing DOI's on their data set. In the meantime, please use any local available services, such as zenodo or FRDR, to DOI your data set.
SuperDARN is a made up of 36 radars and 20 institutions, to cite SuperDARN generally, the following reference can be used:
Greenwald, R.A., Baker, K.B., Dudeney, J.R. et al. Space Sci Rev (1995) 71: 761. doi:10.1007/BF00751350
For the general achievements of the SuperDARN Network, the following papers and references within can be used:
Chisham, G., Lester, M., Milan, S.E. et al. A decade of the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN): scientific achievements, new techniques and future directions. Surv Geophys 28, 33–109 (2007) doi:10.1007/s10712-007-9017-8
Nishitani, N., Ruohoniemi, J.M., Lester, M. et al. Review of the accomplishments of mid-latitude Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) HF radars. Prog Earth Planet Sci 6, 27 (2019) doi:10.1186/s40645-019-0270-5