SuperDARN Sites
The following is a list of SuperDARN sites, based on lists maintained by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Saskatchewan, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. As of 2009, the network is expanding to the middle latitudes, including sites in Hays, Kansas (near Fort Hays State University), Oregon, and the Azores, in order to support mapping outside of the auroral regions during large magnetic storms.
| Name | Code | Location | Coordinates | Boresight Heading |
Institute (website) | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Hemisphere | ||||||
| King Salmon | ksr,c | King Salmon, Alaska, United States | 58°41′N 156°39′W / 58.68°N 156.65°W / 58.68; -156.65 | −20.0° | National Institute of Information and Communications Technology | Japan |
| Kodiak | kod,a | Kodiak, Alaska, United States | 57°36′N 152°12′W / 57.60°N 152.2°W / 57.60; -152.2 | 30.0° | University of Alaska Fairbanks | United States |
| Prince George | pgr,b | Prince George, British Columbia, Canada | 53°59′N 122°35′W / 53.98°N 122.59°W / 53.98; -122.59 | −5.0° | University of Saskatchewan | Canada |
| Saskatoon | sas,t | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | 52°10′N 106°32′W / 52.16°N 106.53°W / 52.16; -106.53 | 23.1° | ||
| Rankin Inlet | rkn,x | Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada | 62°49′N 93°07′W / 62.82°N 93.11°W / 62.82; -93.11 | 5.71° | ||
| Inuvik | inv | Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada | 68°25′N 133°30′W / 68.42°N 133.5°W / 68.42; -133.5 | 26.44° | ||
| Blackstone | bks | Blackstone, Virginia, USA | 37°06′N 77°57′W / 37.10°N 77.95°W / 37.10; -77.95 | -40.0° | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | United States |
| Kapuskasing | kap,k | Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada | 49°23′N 82°19′W / 49.39°N 82.32°W / 49.39; -82.32 | −12.0° | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory | United States |
| Wallops Island | wal,i | Wallops Island, Virginia, United States | 37°56′N 75°28′W / 37.93°N 75.47°W / 37.93; -75.47 | 35.86° | ||
| Goose Bay | gbr,g | Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
53°19′N 60°28′W / 53.32°N 60.46°W / 53.32; -60.46 | 5.0° | ||
| Stokkseyri | sto,w | Stokkseyri, Iceland | 63°52′N 22°01′W / 63.86°N 22.02°W / 63.86; -22.02 | −59.0° | French National Centre for Scientific Research | France |
| Þykkvibær Cutlass/Iceland |
pyk,e | Þykkvibær, Iceland | 63°52′N 19°12′W / 63.86°N 19.20°W / 63.86; -19.20 | 30.0° | University of Leicester | United Kingdom |
| Hankasalmi Cutlass/Finland |
han,f | Hankasalmi, Finland | 62°19′N 26°37′E / 62.32°N 26.61°E / 62.32; 26.61 | −12.0° | ||
| Hokkaido | hok | Hokkaido, Japan | 43°32′N 143°37′E / 43.53°N 143.61°E / 43.53; 143.61 | 30.0° | Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University | Japan |
| Southern Hemisphere | ||||||
| Name | Code | Location | Coordinates | Boresight Heading |
Institute (website) | Nationality |
| Halley* | hal,h | Halley Research Station, Antarctica | 75°31′S 26°38′W / 75.52°S 26.63°W / -75.52; -26.63 | 165.0° | British Antarctic Survey | United Kingdom |
| SANAE* | san,d | SANAE IV, Vesleskarvet, Antarctica | 71°41′S 2°51′W / 71.68°S 2.85°W / -71.68; -2.85 | 173.2° | University of KwaZulu-Natal and Hermanus Magnetic Observatory | South Africa |
| Syowa South* | sys,j | Showa Station, Antarctica | 69°00′S 39°35′E / 69.00°S 39.58°E / -69.00; 39.58 | 165.0° | National Institute of Polar Research | Japan |
| Syowa East* | sye,n | 69°01′S 39°37′E / 69.01°S 39.61°E / -69.01; 39.61 | 106.5° | |||
| Kerguelen | ker,p | Kerguelen Islands | 49°21′00″S 70°15′58″E / 49.35°S 70.266°E / -49.35; 70.266 | 168.0° | French National Centre for Scientific Research | France |
| TIGER | tig,r | Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia | 43°24′00″S 147°12′58″E / 43.4°S 147.216°E / -43.4; 147.216 | 180.0° | La Trobe University | Australia |
| TIGER-Unwin | unw,u | Awarua, near Invercargill, New Zealand | 46°31′S 168°23′E / 46.51°S 168.38°E / -46.51; 168.38 | 227.9° | ||
*: Part of the Southern Hemisphere Auroral Radar Experiment
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