Syowa South

SYOWA SOUTH (69.0 S, 39.58 E)
The first NIPR radar at Syowa station saw first light in April 1995. The build was carried out by Drs. Hisao Yamagishi and Akira Sessa Yukimatu. When the second radar at Syowa station was built two years later the first radar was renamed Syowa South.The original PI was Dr. Natsuo Sato. The current PI is Dr. Akira Sessai Yukimatu.
Notes:
Beam Separation Sign: Northern hemisphere radars count beam 0 as the westernmost beam, which is the leftmost beam. Historically southern hemisphere radars did the same westernmost, which is the rightmost beam, meaning the beam separation would be negative. This is why the beam separation for SYS is negative.
The old radar code for Syowa South is j.
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