ALTAIR Radar Investigations of Equatorial Electrodynamics and Plasma Structure

雪松（耦合、能量学和大气区域动力学）项目的一个主要目标是了解全球电离层-热层耦合。赤道地区对全面了解全球情况具有重大意义。本项目拟围绕位于马绍尔岛夸贾林环礁的非相干散射雷达ALTAIR开展广泛的协调观测。实验将包括在东科罗莱岛科斯雷的高频/超高频频率敏捷雷达和在威克岛的光学设备（法布里-珀罗干涉仪和全天低光水平图像）。科学研究将围绕赤道电喷流中的电子漂移和垂直f层运动的观察展开。第一年观测数据库的大部分数据将在美国宇航局定于1990年夏季进行的一次广泛的火箭运动期间获得

A major goal of the CEDAR (Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions) programs is an understanding of global ionospheric-thermospheric coupling. The equatorial region is of major interest in the overall understanding of the global picture. This project proposes to carry out extensive coordinated observations centered around the ALTAIR, an incoherent scatter radar located in the Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall island. The experiments would include an HF/UHF frequency- agile radar on Kosrae, East Coroline Island and an optical facility (Fabry-Perot interferometer and all-sky low light level image) on Wake Island. The science studies will center around observations of electron drift in the equatorial electrojet, and the vertical F-layer motion. Much of the first year observational data base will be acquired during an extensive NASA rocket campaign scheduled for the summer of 1990.//