MARA is deployed and operated by IRF Swedish Institute of Space Physics
and the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat during summer campaigns
at Wasa/ Aboa the Swedish/Finnish research station (73° 03 S, 13° 25’W)
starting in the Antarctic summer season 2006 / 2007 and covering the International Polar Year period
Scientific Applications : Waves and Aerosol Particles in the Antarctic Mesosphere, Dynamics, seasonal variation and chemistry of the tropospheric Antarctic Aerosol
(in cooperation with Finnish Meteorological Institute), Contributions to operational meteorology in the Antarctic.
Science team : Prof. Sheila Kirkwood (IRF), Ass. Prof. Evgenia Belova (IRF) Dr. Peter Dalin (IRF),
Dr. Victoria Barabash (IRV), Ass. Prof. Risto Hillamo (FMI), Dr. Aki Virkkula (FMI)
