UASD Instrument Overview: DYNASONDE
Dynasonde, History and Context

The Halley dynasonde has been in operation since 1982. It is based on a NOAA HF radar, and was upgraded in 1988 to PC control architecture. It is one of 6 similar ionospheric sounders around the world, the other operational instruments being based at Tromso and Utah.

The Halley dynasonde is a routine contributor to the NASA GGS project.

project and also provides measurements for specific research projects.


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