King Salmon

KING SALMON, ALASKA (58.68 N, -156.65 E)
The King Salmon radar began operations in October, 2001 radar as a joint effort between SuperDARN groups in Japan and the United States. The agreements have included the Alaska-Project Agreement (NICT and UAF/GI) and the KSTR-HOK Agreement (NICT, STEL, and UEC). The PI is Dr. Tsutomu Nagatsuma of NICT.
In March 2021 Nagatsuma-san announed that he was stepping down as PI of the King Salmon radar. Ownership of the asset wil be passed to Bil Bristow and UAF. Nagatsuma-san has been as SuperDARN PI since 2009 and was the host of the 2019 Workshop in Fujiyoshida (Japan).
NICT: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
UAF/GI: University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute
STEL: Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory
UEC: University of Electro-Communications
Notes:
Old radar code: c
Bad/questionable data: Data recorded between Oct. 14th 00:00 utc and Oct. 25th 16:17 utc in 2011 has been found to have very high velocity for radar returns. These high velocities are believed to be errors in the data.
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