The STFC-funded ground-based solar terrestrial physics facilities and instruments

STP Facilities supported by STFC

STFC funds ground based solar terrestrial physics (STP) facilities and instruments to enable researchers to study the interaction of the sun with the earth, especially the impact of the solar wind with the earths magnetosphere and ionosphere.

Facilities are funded by STFC to support the UK solar terrestrial physics community. Instruments are funded for the purposes of the host institute. The host institute is encouraged to collaborate with the community but receives no explicit funding for this and offers a service on a best efforts basis only. Any requests for additional instruments to be listed on this website should be directed to STFC, see STFC contact details below.

Click on the links below for a summary of each facility and instrument along with some examples of the data available. For more details follow the links to each facility/instrument home page.

• Introduction to STP (link opens in a new window)
• Contact Details (link opens in a new window)
• Facilities:
  • Collaborative UK Twin Located Auroral Sounding System (link opens in a new window)(CUTLASS),
  • European Incoherent Scatter Radar (link opens in a new window) (EISCAT),
  • Sub-Auroral Magnetometer Network (link opens in a new window) (SAMNET),
  • Space Plasma Exploration by Active Radar (link opens in a new window) (SPEAR),
  • UK Solar System Data Centre (link opens in a new window) (UKSSDC)