Simultaneous Observation of South Pole All-Sky Monochromatic Imager and SuperDARN - Initial Result of 1999 Campaign –

N. SATO (1), H. YAMAGISHI (1), A. S. YUKIMATU (1), M. WATANABE (1), M. EJIRI (1), M. OKADA (1), M. TAGUCHI (1), S. OKANO (2) and SuperDARN PIs
(1) National Institute of Polar Research, Japan
(2) Tohoku University, Japan

The field of view of Syowa South, Halley and Sanae radars cover over South Pole Station, where NIPR's and AGO's monochromatic all-sky auroral imagers are working. Syowa East and Kerguelen radars cover over Chinese Zhongshan Station, where NIPR's all-sky CCD camera (6300 or 5577 A), panchromatic all-sky camera and scanning photometers (6300, 5577 and 4278 A) and Chinese Digisonde are operating. Both of South Pole and Zhongshan are located at the cusp region (~75 degree), but about 6 hours different in MLT. The Tiger radar, which covers more equatorward and more different local time from other southern hemisphere SuperDARN radars, provides the relationship between dayside and nightside phenomena. NIPR has proposed and carried out a special campaign, during the austral winter season from May to August in 1999 (also in 2000), for the coordinated observations with SuperDARN HF radars in both hemispheres and monochromatic all-sky imagers at South Pole and Zhongshan Stations. We will demonstrate some initial results obtained in 1999 campaign.

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