Kiruna Atmospheric- and GeophysicalObservatory (KAGO)ALIS 4D — status, possibilities and future plansUrban Brändström1 Asta Pellinen-Wannberg,2Maria Hamrin2 Peter Dalin1 Nickolay Ivchenko3
Jan Karlsson1 Johan Kero1
Natuschka Lee21
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Thomas Leyser
Anders Lejon
Mats Luspa1
Rick McGregor1 Daria Mikhaylova1 Peje Nilsson1
Uwe Raffalski1 Fredrik Rutqvist1 Ulf Stenmark1
Csilla Szasz1 Tima Sergienko1 Peter Sköld2
Lars-Göran Vanhainen1 Masatoshi Yamauchi1 . . .
1 Swedish Institute of Space Physics (KAGO, STAR)
2 University of Umeå (Physics, EMG, ArcUm)
3 KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Swedish Space Plasma meeting, 2018

Swedish Institute of Space Physics
New organisation from 2018

I PAF + STP ⇒ STAR, Solar Terrestrial and AtmosphericResearch (Head: Johan Kero)I KGO ⇒ KAGO Kiruna Atmospheric and GeophysicalObservatory: Urban Brändström (head), Daria Mikhaylova,
Lars-Göran Vanhainen and Uwe Raffalski
I Ozone radiometer (KIMRA) became observatory instrument

2018.
I Uwe Raffalski is responsible for atmospheric measurements

within KAGO

Focus areas

E3D Complementary instr.

I High-quality spectroscopic imaging systems (ALIS 4D, MIRACLE

and norwegian system) (se, fi, no)I Sensitive spectrographs (UNIS Svalbard)
I Scanning Doppler-Imaging FPI:s with overlapping fields of view.

(UCL, ESRANGE, SGO, Norway, Japan (Oyama-san et al))I Heating-facility (EISCAT, Norway)
I Standard monitoring instruments: Magnetometers, All-sky cameras,Riometers, Ionosondes (Finland, Norway, Sweden)I VLF/HF/GPS receivers (SGO, Finland and nearby)
I Backscatter radars (CUTLASS: Finland, Iceland Norway)KAGO Instruments
Kiruna Atmospheric and Geophysical Observatory

I Magnetometers, 1950– (IRF: Kiruna, Lycksele, Tormestorp;

SGU: Abisko, Uppsala and operation of Lycksele)
I Allsky cameras, 1956– (Kiruna, Abisko, Tjautjas)
I Ionosondes, 1952– (Kiruna, Lycksele, Uppsala)
I Riometers, 1958– (Kiruna, Lycksele)
I Infrasound, 1973– (In observatory since 2015) (Kiruna, Jämtön,Lycksele, Sodankylä)
I Ozone radiometer (KIMRA), 2001– (In observatory since 2018)(Kiruna)
I ALIS 4D (Observatory measurements from fall 2019) (Abisko,Kiruna, Silkkimuotka, Tjautjas)
I (Weather station, ALIS, guest instr. Kiruna)IRF Magnetokeogram

The need for optics: ALIS 4D
A Swedish contribution to complementary instruments for EISCAT 3D

I High-speed narrow-band imaging of aurora, RIOE, meteor

trails, . . .
I Observatory modes (long-time monitoring)
I The string “optic” occurs 46 times in 122 pages
I Table 1 “EISCAT 3D radar performance requirements” p.

107–109: Optics required in 70 % (16 of 23) science topics .
Optical measurements are a requirement for EISCAT 3D!
new-moon periods are popular! (Gustavsson, present EISCAT)There are many clear solid scientific objectives for opticalinstruments!

AILS 4D
A Swedish contribution to complementary instruments for EISCAT 3D
I High-rime resolution (> 25 FPS)
I Continuous operation (observatory modes)
I Status

2016: (summer) Funding application (granted in November)
2017: Procurement procedures, four imagers delivered, optics
orderedI 2018: Optics delivery (April) Main development work. Tests infall.
I 2019: Continuous operations from fall. Ground support for
SPIDER2 rocket.
II

I Funded by Kempestiftelserna, Department of Physics at UmU

and IRF.
I PIs Urban Brändström (IRF), Asta Pellinen-Wannberg (UmU)

ALIS 4D sites

ALIS/ALIS 4DComparision

FoVResTimeMode

Sort of an Àttje

ALIS4 CCD ≈ 60◦
1 EMCCD ≈ 30◦(1 EMCCD ≈ 15◦ )10242 ≈ 100m
2562 ≈ 500m
12 FPM
Campaign only

ALIS 4D phase II
4 EMCCD ≈ 150◦
1 EMCCD ≈ 30◦(1 EMCCD ≈ 15◦ )10242 ≈ 750m
5122 ≈ 1.5km> 25 FPS
monitoring/campaign

Optical absolute calibrationISEE/NIPR

Funding issues
Inventory of research infrastructure needs

I 2015 Failed. (application in 2017 if priority A1)
I 2017 Pending. . .

(application in 2019 if priority A1)

I We need better national and international coordination!
I We need a targeted science case for complementaryinstruments. (Expand it?)
I 2019. . . ? (application in 2021 if priority A1)

Near future

I ALIS 4D operational in fall 2019.
I New ionosondes in Uppsala (2019) and Lycksele (TBD)
I Upgrade Kiruna geomagnetic observatory to INTERMAGNET

1 s standard. New variometer (2019).

We need to discuss

I EISCAT 3D complementary instruments and dedicated science case?
I I think the EISCAT 3D complementary instruments should be easily

accessable and simple to request and use for an E3D user.
I Need for increased nordic cooperation! Norway-Sweden-Finland.

National infrastructures that can be easily combined over theborders whenever desired.
I For example: ALIS 4D compatibility matters (MIRACLE, Norway)?
I Data flow from production via conditioning to users.
I Most observatories produce and provides free and open data. This isgood! How is the data used? Publications? Need for data citations!
Rules of the road?
I How do we make funding resources flow back to data producers?

Summary

I ALIS 4D will be a powerful swedish contribution tocomplementary instruments for EISCAT 3D.
I Extensive upgrades of the observatory instrumentation

underway at IRF. New Ionosonde (Uppsala), Riometer andvariometer Kiruna (Also including atmospheric measurements)
I Increased Nordic collaboration is essential!