The Sanya Incoherent Scatter Radar Tristatic System and Initial Experiments by Xinan Yue, Baiqi Ning, Lin Jin, Feng Ding, Changhai Ke, Junyi Wang, Ning Zhang, Yihui Cai, Mingyuan Li, Junhao Luo, Weiping Chen, Yunxia Zhang, Biqiang Zhao, Lingqi Zeng, Yonghui Wang

“…The system consists of the Sanya (18.3°N, 109.6°E) trans‐receiving main station with key parameters of ∼1,600 m2 antenna aperture, >4 MW peak power, <120 K system noise temperature, and ∼46 dBi normal gain, and Danzhou (19.5°N, 109.1°E) and Wenchang (19.6°N, 110.8°E) receiving only stations with key parameters of ∼790 m2 antenna aperture, <130 K system noise temperature, and ∼43 dBi normal gain. …”
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