MAARSY - the new MST radar on Andøya: first results of spaced antenna and Doppler measurements of atmospheric winds in the troposphere and mesosphere using a partial array
MAARSY - the new MST radar on Andøya: first results of spaced antenna and Doppler measurements of atmospheric winds in the troposphere and mesosphere using a partial array
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DOI：
10.5194/ars-10-291-2012
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发表时间：
2012-09
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0.4
通讯作者：
G. Stober;R. Latteck;M. Rapp;W. Singer;M. Zecha
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作者：
G. Stober;R. Latteck;M. Rapp;W. Singer;M. Zecha
抽象。几十年来，MST雷达一直用于研究对流层、平流层和中间层。这些雷达已被证明是研究大气动力学的宝贵工具。MAARSY是安多亚岛的新型MST雷达，使用相控阵天线，能够同时进行间隔天线和多普勒测量，具有高时间和空间分辨率。在这里，我们提出了在2010年夏季使用初始扩展阶段的第一次风观测。对流层间隔天线和多普勒波束摆动实验进行比较，无线电探空仪测量，这是在附近的Andoya火箭发射场（ARR）。中层风观测与普通体积流星雷达风测量进行了评估。通过使用25个和91个波束方向对极地中层夏季回波（PMSE）进行系统扫描，证明了MAARSY的波束转向能力。这些风的观测结果使人们能够根据无线电探空仪和流星雷达的独立测量结果对新雷达进行评估，以证明它有能力提供从对流层到中间层的可靠的风数据。
Abstract. MST radars have been used to study the troposphere, stratosphere and mesosphere over decades. These radars have proven to be a valuable tool to investigate atmospheric dynamics. MAARSY, the new MST radar at the island of Andoya uses a phased array antenna and is able to perform spaced antenna and Doppler measurements at the same time with high temporal and spatial resolution. Here we present first wind observations using the initial expansion stage during summer 2010. The tropospheric spaced antenna and Doppler beam swinging experiments are compared to radiosonde measurements, which were launched at the nearby Andoya Rocket Range (ARR). The mesospheric wind observations are evaluated versus common volume meteor radar wind measurements. The beam steering capabilities of MAARSY are demonstrated by performing systematic scans of polar mesospheric summer echoes (PMSE) using 25 and 91 beam directions. These wind observations permit to evaluate the new radar against independent measurements from radiosondes and meteor radar measurements to demonstrate its capabilities to provide reliable wind data from the troposphere up to the mesosphere.