DURIP instrumentation support for high-latitude ionospheric research and the establishment of a dual radar/dual frequency observational capability at the Millstone Radar Facility. Final report, 1 Dec 88-30 Jun 91

Technical Report · Mon Oct 28 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5594169

Foster, J C

Radar receiver and signal processing instrumentation was acquired and fabricated in order to establish a capability for dual 440 MHz and 1390 MHz radar operations at the M.I.T. Millstone Hill research facility. Hardware costs for a duplicate of the MIDAS radar processor were provided. This instrumentation enables a program of simultaneous, high-spatial resolution dual frequency observations of non-thermal and coherent radar backscatter from ionospheric plasma waves and turbulence at both F and E region heights. Simultaneous operation of the fully steerable Millstone Hill UHF and L-band radars in the incoherent scatter mode addresses the spatial homogeneity and simultaneity of ionospheric effects and processes.

• Research Organization: Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5594169
• Report Number(s): AD-A-244169/9/XAB; CNN: AFOSR-89-0169
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

661320* -- Auroral
Ionospheric
& Magnetospheric Phenomena-- (1992-)
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BACKSCATTERING
DISTRIBUTION
E REGION
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
F REGION
IONOSPHERE
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
OPERATION
PLANETARY IONOSPHERES
PLASMA WAVES
RADAR
RANGE FINDERS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SCATTERING
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
TURBULENCE