Irkutsk Incoherent Scatter Radar: history, present and future
The article focuses on the history of ionospheric
research using the incoherent scatter method at the Institute of
Solar-Terrestrial Physics and development of the only incoherent scatter
radar in Russia, which is located near Irkutsk. It describes the radar
features and the current situation of research at the Irkutsk Incoherent
Scatter Radar (IISR). Operating modes and types of measurements of the radar are specified. There
is a brief description of the original measurement techniques that were
developed considering the IISR features such as the frequency principle of
scanning and receiving of one linear polarization of a scattered signal. The
main feature of the IISR is the possibility of obtaining absolute values of the
ionospheric plasma electron density. The automatic method for constructing
the electron density vertical profile is based on registration of vertical
profiles of a rotation phase of the polarization plane of a scattered signal. The
method does not require calibration with additional facilities.
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