Atmospheric Sensors & EMF Sites Section

High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Project (HAARP)

The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP, is a scientific endeavor aimed at studying the properties and behavior of the ionosphere. Operation of the research facility was...

The Russian Woodpeckers (Steel Yard, Steel Work, Duga Radars, & Krug Ionospheric Probes)

Ionospheric Heater powered by Chernobyl reactor. Rendered useless after meltdown. The Russian Woodpecker, Chernobyl Meltdown, and Ionospheric Heating Over the USA (1983-1986) ‘Woodpecker&rsquo...

Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN)

It is believed that the radiation budget of the Earth-atmosphere system plays a fundamental role in determining the thermal conditions and the circulation of the atmosphere and the ocean, shaping the ...

Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET)

The AERONET (AErosol RObotic NETwork) program is a federation of ground-based remote sensing aerosol networks established by NASA and PHOTONS (Univ. of Lille 1, CNES, and CNRS-INSU) and is greatly exp...

Missile Defense Radars (Star Wars SDI, Space Fence)

This map contains multi-million watt radars searching for nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles. Optical effects in the ionosphere have been reported above these facilities like artificial auror...

Lasers and Directed-Energy Weapons

This map contains lasers like The Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (GEODSS), International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS), Starfire Optical Range, White Sands Missile Range Directed-...

Radio Telescopes and Space Communications Worldwide

This map contains radio telescopes, satellite tracking stations, the extended Very Long Baseline Interferometer (e-VLBI), and deep space communications stations from around the world.

HAARP and Ionospheric Heaters Worldwide

Ionospheric Heater: “Powerful HF transmitter (2.8 to 10 MHz) that induces controlled temporary modification to the electron temperature at desired altitude”. What does that mean? Heater antenna arrays...

Canadian SIGMET Doppler Radar Stations

Significant Meteorological Information (SIGMET)The Canadian weather radar network consists of 31 weather radars spanning Canada’s most populated regions. Their primary purpose is the early detec...

DIGISONDE® Ionosonde Network

DIGISONDE® Station List, UMass Lowell Space Science Lab Lowell Digisonde International manufactures and markets the Digisonde-Portable-Sounder-4D (DPS4D), the latest model in the DIGISONDE® series of ...

Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS)

DORIS is a Doppler satellite tracking system developped for precise orbit determination and precise ground location. It is onboard the Cryosat-2, Jason-1, Jason-2, ENVISAT and HY-2A altimetric satelli...

Earth Systems Research Lab (ESRL) Instruments

NOAA Earth Systems Research Lab (ESRL). ESRL was formed to pursue a broad and comprehensive understanding of the Earth system. This system comprises many physical, chemical and biological processes th...

Extremely Low Frequency (ELF, ULF, VLF) Transmission Sites

Alpha RSDN-20, Beta Time Signal, LORAN-C, AWESOME VLF Network, Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN), and ELF transmission facilities. Alpha, Beta, and LORAN-C Alpha (also called RSDN-20 ) is a Russian...

Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT)

The GMRT contains 30 fully steerable telescopes. There are fourteen telescopes randomly arranged in the central square 1 km by 1 km in size, with a further sixteen arranged in three arms of a nearly '...

Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Doppler Radars

High frequency (HF) radar systems measure the speed and direction of ocean surface currents in near real time. Currents in the ocean are equivalent to winds in the atmosphere because they move things ...

Joint Surveillance System (JSS) Air Route Surveillance Radar (ARSR-4)

Joint Surveillance System (JSS) The JSS is a joint United States Air Force and Federal Aviation Administration system for the atmospheric air defense of North America. It replaced the Semi Automatic G...

MADIS CAP Wind Radar

Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS) Cooperative Agency Profilers (CAP) is a cooperative venture between GSD (formerly FSL) and many participating agencies enabling GSD to; acquire p...

Middle Atmosphere MST, MF, LF, and Meteor Wind Radars

NEXRAD Doppler Radar Stations

Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD)<In 1988, the NEXRAD Agencies established the WSR-88D (Weather Surveillance Radar - 1988 Doppler) Radar Operations Center (ROC) in Norman, Oklahoma. The ROC employees ...

NEXRAD Doppler Radar Stations (Alternative)

Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD)radar.weather.gov WSR-88D Specifications In 1988, the NEXRAD Agencies established the WSR-88D (Weather Surveillance Radar - 1988 Doppler) Radar Operations Center (ROC) in...

NEXRAD Doppler Radar Stations (Coverage 10,000 ft Above Ground)

Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD)radar.weather.gov WSR-88D Specifications In 1988, the NEXRAD Agencies established the WSR-88D (Weather Surveillance Radar - 1988 Doppler) Radar Operations Center (ROC) in...

NEXRAD Doppler Radar Stations (Coverage 4,000 ft Above Ground)

Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD)radar.weather.gov WSR-88D Specifications In 1988, the NEXRAD Agencies established the WSR-88D (Weather Surveillance Radar - 1988 Doppler) Radar Operations Center (ROC) in...

NEXRAD Doppler Radar Stations (Coverage 6,000 ft Above Ground)

Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD)radar.weather.gov WSR-88D Specifications In 1988, the NEXRAD Agencies established the WSR-88D (Weather Surveillance Radar - 1988 Doppler) Radar Operations Center (ROC) in...

NEXRAD Doppler Radar Stations (Maximum Coverage)

Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD)radar.weather.gov WSR-88D Specifications In 1988, the NEXRAD Agencies established the WSR-88D (Weather Surveillance Radar - 1988 Doppler) Radar Operations Center (ROC) in...

NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) Wind Radar

High frequency (HF) radar systems measure the speed and direction of ocean surface currents in near real time. Currents in the ocean are equivalent to winds in the atmosphere because they move things ...

Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN)

The Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) is an international radar network for studying the upper atmosphere and ionosphere, comprising eleven radars in the northern hemisphere and seven in th...

Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) Stations

The Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) network is a Doppler weather radar system used primarily for the detection of hazardous wind shear conditions, precipitation, and winds aloft on and near majo...

The Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA)

A Radio Telescope to Resolve Cosmic Evolution The EVLA Project (an upgrade to the existing VLA array) will provide a radio telescope of unprecedented sensitivity, resolution, and imaging capability by...

The Low Frequency Array (LOFAR)

Low Frequency ArrayLOFAR website LOFAR on Wikipedia Low Frequency ArrayLOFAR website LOFAR on Wikipedia Low Frequency Array (LOFAR)LOFAR Status Map LOFAR is the Low Frequency Array for radio astronomy...

Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA Interferometer)

The Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) is a system of ten radio telescopes controlled remotely from the Array Operations Center in Socorro, New Mexico (USA) by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. T...