Radar Studies of Low-Latitude Electrodynamics

国家科学基金会支持从极地到赤道在纬度上分布的一些非相干散射雷达。这些设施用于研究高层大气和电离层，以了解由于太阳辐射和来自上方的粒子以及来自下方的潮汐、重力波和电力输入的影响而发生的全球变化。该项目是旨在利用主要来自秘鲁Jicamara和波多黎各阿雷西博的非相干散射雷达的数据，但也结合现场卫星数据进行的旨在了解低气压和赤道电动力学的研究的继续。目前要考虑的主要领域涉及这些低纬地区对高纬度突然变化的反应、与磁层和扰动发电机电场有关的扰动以及与各种对流和电场模型的比较。8/16/89

The National Science Foundation supports a number of incoherent scatter radars spread in latitude from the polar regions to the equator. These facilities are used to study the upper atmosphere and ionosphere in order to understand the global changes that occur due to the impact of solar radiation and particles from above and tidal,gravity wave and electrical inputs from below. This project is a continuation of studies aimed at the understanding of the low and equatorial electrodynamics using data primarily from the incoherent scatter radars at Jicamarca,Peru and Arecibo,Puerto Rico, but also in conjunction with in situ satellite data. The main areas to be considered at this time relate to the response at these low latitudes to sudden changes at high latitudes, perturbations associated with magnetospheric and disturbance dynamo electric fields and comparison with various convection and electric field models. 8/16/89