Radar Studies of Low-Latitude Electrodynamics

美国国家科学基金会支持一些 非相干散射雷达从极地沿纬度分布 赤道地区。 这些设施用于研究 高层大气和电离层，以了解 由于太阳辐射的影响而发生的全球变化 来自上面的粒子，潮汐，重力波和电流 从下面输入。 这个项目是研究的延续 旨在了解低纬和赤道 电动力学使用的数据主要来自非相干 在秘鲁的希卡马卡和波多黎各的阿雷西博部署了散射雷达， 还结合现场卫星数据。 主要 目前需要考虑的领域涉及以下方面： 从低纬度到高纬度的突然变化， 与磁层有关的扰动和扰动 发电机电场和各种对流的比较 和电场模型。 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