New look at radar auroral motions
Journal Article
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· J. Geophys. Res., v. 80, no. 25, pp. 3642-3648
During October 1974, three modifications were temporarily added to the NOAA radar auroral backscatter facility located at Anchorage, Alaska. These modifications included (1) a multiple azimuth antenna system. (2) an on-line computer for processing amplitude and mean Doppler profiles of the radar backscatter, and (3) a 13-baud Barker coder. In combination with the radar these modifications provided data relevant to understanding both the microscopic and the macroscopic nature of the radar aurora. Appreciable structure was often found in the Doppler velocity profiles of radar auroral irregularities. Doppler velocities of nearly 2000 m/s were observed. By combining scatter amplitude profiles and mean Doppler profiles from the five azimuths we have produced contour maps of the scatter intensity and the Doppler velocity. The scatter intensity maps often indicate appreciable temporal and spatial structure in the radar auroral irregularities, corroborating the results of Tsunoda et al. (1974). The mean Doppler contour maps indicate that there is also appreciable temporal and spatial structure in the flow velocities of radar auroral irregularities. At those times when there appears to be large-scale uniformity in the irregularity flow, the Doppler velocity varies with azimuth in a manner that is consistent with a cosine-dependent azimuthal variation.
- Research Organization:
- Aeronomy Laboratory, Environmental Research Laboratories, NOAA, Boulder, Colorado 80302
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- NSA Number:
- NSA-33-003903
- OSTI ID:
- 4161268
- Journal Information:
- J. Geophys. Res., v. 80, no. 25, pp. 3642-3648, Journal Name: J. Geophys. Res., v. 80, no. 25, pp. 3642-3648; ISSN JGREA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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