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Campaign Information for request: 01952973-a680-79b6-a3d9-234b91f76ff9

Campaign identification
Request ID:	01952973-a680-79b6-a3d9-234b91f76ff9
Submitted by:	Daniel Whiter

Common information

Contact:	Daniel Whiter
Campaign name:	PINCERS
Description:	Precipitation and Ion-Neutral Coupling Experiment with Radar and Spectrographs
Notes	These February requests are a backup in case the radar is not operational in the January new moon period. If the January runs go ahead, then we will cancel these February runs. Note this is a joint experiment - resources are NI(15)+NO(10)+UK(15). Takanori Nishiyama (NIPR), Noora Partamies (UNIS), Daniel Whiter (Southampton). Field-aligned, likely ipy, fixed42m. The radar will be run in coordination with spectrographic measurements from KHO. Objectives: - To investigate the response of the neutral temperature in the upper atmosphere to different auroral energy inputs and processes, and - to compare neutral temperature changes with radar measured ion and electron temperatures in order to understand the heating of the upper atmosphere better. - To investigate the electrodynamics associated with dynamic small-structure structure in the aurora, in particular the rapidly changing electric field. - To understand the role of energetic particle precipitation on the OH airglow layer and temperature measurements in the mesopause region.
Responsible at EISCAT:	ESR staff
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Requested time sources:

NI(15),NO(10),UK(15)

Instruments, Time and Experiments requested

	Instrument	Date	Start time (UTC)	Observation period (hours)	Experiment	Antenna mode	Experiment details	Status
	ESR	2025-02-21	17:00	7.0	None	None	None	1
	ESR	2025-02-22	00:00	7.0	None	None	None	1
	ESR	2025-02-22	17:00	7.0	None	None	None	1
	ESR	2025-02-23	00:00	6.0	None	None	None	1
	ESR	2025-02-23	17:00	7.0	None	None	None	1
	ESR	2025-02-24	00:00	6.0	None	None	None	R