IHY SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS AND OBSERVATORIES


Note: If you would like to see an observatory or instrument added to this list, please contact
Barbara J. Thompson.

Additionally, if you are willing to serve as an instrument representative for
planning and coordination purposes, please let us know.

We will need at least one contact for each instrument.

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SPACECRAFT OR
OBSERVATORY
INSTRUMENT OR
OBSERVATION TYPE
INSTRUMENT EXPERT/
PLANNING CONTACT


Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE)
Cosmic Ray Isotope Spectrometer (CRIS) Eric CHRISTIAN
Electron, Proton and Alpha Monitor (EPAM) Eric CHRISTIAN
Magnetometer (MAG) Chuck SMITH
Solar Energetic Particle Ionic Charge Analyzer (SEPICA) Eberhard MOEBIUS
Solar Isotope Spectrometer (SIS) Eric CHRISTIAN
Solar Wind Electron Proton Alpha Monitor (SWEPAM) Eric CHRISTIAN
Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer (SWICS) Eric CHRISTIAN
Solar Wind Ions Mass Spectrometer (SWIMS) Eric CHRISTIAN
Ultra Low Energy Isotope Spectrometer (ULEIS) Eric CHRISTIAN

Aragats Space Environmental Center (ASEC) of Alikhanian Physics Institute, Armenia
Neutron Flux Monitor Ashot CHILINGARIAN
Astronomical Observatory in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Solar Telescope Coronagraph Damdin BATMUNKH

Australian Government IPS Radio and Space Services
Interplanetary Scintillation and Geomagnetic Observations Philip J. WILKINSON

Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO)
H Alpha Imager
Bruny Island Radio Spectrometer (BIRS) Radio Spectrometer

CANOPUS Project
Ground-Based Magnetometer Array Ian MANN


Cassini
CAssini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS)
Cosmic Dust Analyzer (CDA)
Cosmic Infrared Spectrometer (CAPS)
Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS)
Magnetometer (MAG)
Magnetospheric IMaging Instrument (MIMI)
Radio and Plasma Wave Science (RPWS)
UltraViolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS)
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS)


Chandra X-Ray Observatory
AXAF (Chandra) CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS)
High Energy Transmission Grating (HETG)
High-Resolution Camera (HRC)
Low Energy Transmission Grating (LETG)


Cluster
Active Spacecraft Potential Control (ASPOC) Experiment
Cluster Ion Spectroscopy (CIS) Experiment Eberhard MOEBIUS
Digital Wave Processing (DWP) Experiment
Electron Drift Instrument (EDI)
Electric Field and Wave (EFW) Experiment
Fluxgate Magnetometer (FGM)
Plasma Electron and Current Experiment (PEACE)
Research with Adaptive Particle Imaging Detectors (RAPID)
Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Field Fluctuation (STAFF) Experiment
Wide Band Data (WBD) Instrument
Waves of High frequency and Sounder for Probing of Electron density by Relaxation (WHISPER) Experiment


Complex ORbital Observations Near-Earth Activity of the Sun:
CORONAS-F
DIFOS Vladimir KUZNETSOV
SPIRIT-SRT
SPIRIT-RES
DIOGENESS
RESIK
SPR
IRIS
HELICON
RPS
AVS
SUFR
VUSS
SKL-MKL
SKL-SKI
SKL-SONG
SSNI


Complex ORbital Observations Near-Earth Activity of the Sun:
CORONAS-PHOTON
NATALYA-2M Yuri KOTOV
RT-2
PENGUIN-M
KONUS-RF
BRM
PHOKA
TESIS
ELECTRON-M-PESCA
STEP-F
SM-8M

COMNAP - Sanae IV Base in Antarctica
Phase Sensitive Receivers Arthur HUGHES
Pulsation Magnetometer Arthur HUGHES
Stratospheric Ozone Column Density Measurements Arthur HUGHES
VLF Direction Finder Arthur HUGHES
COSMIC Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC) John LaBrecque

EISCAT
European Incoherent SCATter (EISCAT) Radar Interplanetary Scintillation (IPS) A. R. BREEN

EuroPlaNet: European Planetary Network
Planetarium Network Maxim KHODACHENKO
Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) Radio Telescope Anil BHARDWAJ

Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite 12 (GOES 12)
Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) Steve HILL

Huairou Solar Observing Station, Beijing
Solar Multi-Channel Telescope

Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS)
Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS)
Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS)
Wide Field/Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2)

Huygens Probe
Aerosol Collector Pyrolyser (ACE)
Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer (DISR)
Doppler Wind Experiment
Gas Chromatograph and Mass Spectrometer (GCMS)
Huygens Atmosferic Structure Instrument (HASI)
Surface-Science Package
Hyderabad National Geophysical Research Institute Proton Precession Magnetometer A. Babatunde RABIU

Improved Solar Observing Optical Network (ISOON)
H alpha and He I 10830 images K.S. BALASUBRAMANIAM
Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Geomagnetism Observatories Network Sripathi SAMIREDDIPALLE
and Rajesh SINGH
Institute of Cosmophysical Researchs and Radiowave Propagation (ICRRP/IKFIRP) Solar and Galactic Cosmic Ray Network Mike BASALAEV and Vladimir KOROTKOV

Institute for Nuclear Research (INR)
Solar and Galactic Cosmic Ray Network Sergei KARPOV


Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISZF)
Solar and Galactic Cosmic Ray Network Vladimir ABRAMOV and Valery SBODONOV

ITalian All-sky Cameras for Auroral observations (ITACA^2)
Twin Auroral Monitors System Stefano MASSETTI

IZMIRAN N.V. Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radiowave Propagation
Digital Ionosonde Network V.Yu. KIM and Yu. Ya. RUZHIN
Geomagnetic Variations Magnetic Stations Yu.A. KOPITENKO and A.E. LEVITIN
Ionospheric Global Monitoring Yu. Ya. RUZHIN
Solar and Galactic Cosmic Ray Network Victor YANKE
Spectromagnetograph B. IOSHPA

IZMIRAN Solar Radio Laboratory
Solar Radio Flux and Dynamics Monitor Aleksandr GNEZDILOV
IZMIRAN Tower Telescope Tower Telescope Vladimir OBRIDKO

Kanzelhoehe Solar Observatory
Vacuum Telescope, H alpha, Photoheliograph and Magnetograph

Kharkov Astronomical Observatory
Radiophysical Telescope Oleg F. TYRNOV
King Abdul Aziz University Astronomy Observatory Astronomical Observatory Yaseen ALMLEAKY
Kuwait Muon Telescope Muon Telescope Ismail SABBAH
L'observatoire d'Alger (CRAAG) Solar Refractor with H alpha and Ca Samir NAITAMOR
Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (MLSO) Chromospheric Helium I Imaging Photometer (CHIP)
Mark-IV K-coronameter (Mk4) J. T. BURKEPILE
Mees Solar Observatory
Coronal, Chromospheric, Magnetic and White Light Images

Meudon Observatoire de Paris

Spectroheliograph, Magnetograph, Polarimeter Jean-Louis BOUGERET and Brigitte SCHMIEDER

Mt. Wilson Observatory
150-Foot Solar Tower

National Solar Observatory (NSO) Global Oscillations Network Group (GONG)
Doppler Imaging Network John LEIBACHER

National Solar Observatory (NSO)
Kitt Peak
McMath-Pierce Telescope

National Solar Observatory (NSO)
Sacramento Peak
Dunn Solar Telescope K.S. BALASUBRAMANIAM

Nobeyama Radio Observatory
Nobeyama Radioheliograph


Polar
Charge, and Mass Magnetospheric Ion Composition Experiment (CAMMICE) Nicola FOX
Comprehensive Energetic Particle and Pitch Angle Distribution (CEPPAD)
Electric Field Instrument (EFI)
HYDRA
Magnetic Field Experiment (MFE)
Polar Ionosphere X-ray Imaging Experiment (PIXIE)
Plasma Wave Investigation (PWI)
Source/Loss-Cone Energetic Particle Spectrometer (SEPS)
Thermal Ion Dynamics Experiment (TIDE)
Toroidal Imaging Mass-Angle Spectrograph (TIMAS)
UltraViolet Imager (UVI)
Visible Imaging System (VIS)

Polar Geophysical Institute
Solar and Galactic Cosmic Ray Network Eduard VASHENYUK
Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences Seismological Network Valery YANCHUKOVSKY

RHESSI
Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager Brian DENNIS,
Peter GALLAGHER
and Dominic ZARRO

Yu.G. Shafer Institute for Cosmophysical Research and Aeronomy SB RAS (IKFIA)
Solar and Galactic Cosmic Ray Network Prokopi KRIVOSHAPKIN and
Vadim ZLOBIN


Solar and Heliospheric
Observatory (SOHO)
Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS) Richard A. HARRISON
and Dominic ZARRO
Charge, ELement and Isotope Analysis System (CELIAS) Eberhard MOEBIUS
COmprehensive Suprathermal and
Energetic Particle (COSTEP) Analyzer
Extreme UV Imaging Telescope (EIT) B. J. THOMPSON
and Dominic ZARRO
Energetic and Relativistic Nuclei and Electron Experiment (ERNE)
Global Oscillations at Low Frequency (GOLF)
Large Angle Spectrometric COronagraph (LASCO) B. J. THOMPSON
Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI)
Solar UV Measurements of Emitted Radiation (SUMER)
Solar Wind ANisotropies (SWAN)
UltraViolet Coronal Spectrometer (UVCS)
Variability of Solar Irradiance and Gravity Oscillations (VIRGO)

Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun (SOLIS)
Vector Spectromagnetograph (VSM)

Solar-B
EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS)
X-Ray Telescope (XRT)
Solar Optical Telescope (SOT)


Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) B. J. THOMPSON
Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE) Frank EPARVIER
Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) B. J. THOMPSON

Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI)
Whole-Sky White Light Solar and Heliospheric Imager David WEBB and Bernard JACKSON


Solar TErrestrial RElations
Observatory (STEREO)
In situ Measurements of PArticles and CME Transients (IMPACT)
PLAsma and SupraThermal Ion Composition (PLASTIC) Eberhard MOEBIUS
Sun-Earth Connection Coronal and Heliospheric Investigation
(SECCHI) Coronagraph 1 (COR1)
J. M. DAVILA
Sun-Earth Connection Coronal and Heliospheric Investigation
(SECCHI) Coronagraph 2 (COR2)
Russ HOWARD
Sun-Earth Connection Coronal and Heliospheric Investigation
(SECCHI) Extreme UltraViolet Imager (EUVI)
Russ HOWARD
Sun-Earth Connection Coronal and Heliospheric Investigation
(SECCHI) Heliospheric Imager (HI)
Russ HOWARD
STEREO WAVES (SWAVES) Experiment )
SuperDARN: Super Dual Auroral Radar Network International Auroral Radar Network Robin BARNES


Thermosphere-Ionosphere- Mesosphere
Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED)
Global UV Imager (GUVI)
Sounding of the Atmosphere using
Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER)
Solar Extreme Ultraviolent Experiment (SEE)
TIMED Doppler Interferometer (TIDI)

TRACE: Transition Region and Coronal Explorer
Solar EUV and UV Telescopes

Tuorla Observatory
Optical and Gamma Ray Telescopes Silja POHJOLAINEN


Ulysses
Cosmic Ray and Solar Particle
Instrument (COSPIN)
Richard MARSDEN
Dust Experiment (DUST)
Energetic Particle Instrument (EPAC)
Solar X-ray and Cosmic Gamma-Ray Burst Instrument (GRB)
Gravitational Wave Experiment (GWE)
Low-Energy Ion and Electron Experiment (HISCALE)
Coronal-Sounding Experiment (SCE)
Solar Wind Ion Composition Instrument (SWICS)
Solar Wind Plasma Experiment (SWOOPS)
Unified Radio and Plasma Wave Instrument (URAP)
Magnetometer (VHM/FGM)

Voyager 1 and 2
Low Energy Charged Particle (LECP) Experiments

Wilcox Solar Observatory
Magnetograms and Photospheric Maps J. Todd HOEKSEMA


Wind
3-D Plasma (3DP)
Energetic Particles: Acceleration, Composition and Transport (EPACT)
KONUS Gamma Ray Burst Spectrometer
Magnetic Field Investigation (MFI) Adam SZABO
SWICS/MASS/STICS (SMS) Package
Solar Wind Experiment (SWE)
Transient Gamma-Ray Spectrometer (TGRS)

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