Analysis phase of MITHRAS. Final report, 1 October 1982-30 September 1985

Technical Report · Mon Jun 23 04:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:7078378

Wickwar, V B; De La Beaujardiere, O; Leger, C A

MITHRAS is a coordinated multiradar program to study the upper atmosphere. Its purpose is to examine the interactions among the magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere, as well as the phenomena that result from these interactions. It is based around a data set acquired by the Chatanika, Millstone Hill, and EISCAT incoherent-scatter radars between May 1981 and June 1982. A larger portion of this period was unique because it was the only time that three radars, well separated in local and magnetic time, operated together to probe the high-latitude region. The period was also unique because it coincided closely with solar maximum and the DE-2 spacecraft was available for correlative observations. To learn as much as possible from the observations, several tools were developed to improve the handling and analysis: a data-exchange tape format was developed, new display methods using color were implemented to present the data, F-region analysis procedures were extended, and binning procedures were developed to facilitate statistical analysis of the data. In addition, workshops were held so that the observations could be discussed and interpreted by the MITHRAS participants.

• Research Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7078378
• Report Number(s): AD-A-174803/7/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
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EARTH MAGNETOSPHERE
F REGION
INCOHERENT SCATTERING
IONOSPHERE
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETO-OPTICAL EFFECTS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
PLANETARY IONOSPHERES
RADAR
RANGE FINDERS
SCATTERING
SOLAR ACTIVITY
THERMOSPHERE
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