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

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=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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