A High-Speed Radar Processor for Improved Studies of the Earth's Ionosphere and Upper Atmosphere

PI建议增加各种 现有的雷达系统，通过设计和建造一个 灵活的高性能雷达处理器。 根据最近的 在波多黎各的阿雷西博天文台进行的测试， 非相干散射观测的分辨率和精度 是通过计算实现的， 密集雷达技术。 其他雷达系统可用于 监测地球空间环境和人为的修改， 高层大气 该项目旨在扩大 在几个国家天文台进行的研究， 增加了可以从中提取的信息量 现有的大气雷达

The PIs propose to increase the utility of a variety of existing radar systems through the design and construction of a flexible, high-performance radar processor. On the basis of recent tests at Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico, major improvements in the resolution and accuracy of the incoherent scatter observations were achieved through the implementation of computationally intensive radar techniques. Other radar systems can be used to monitor the geospace environment and man-made modifications to the upper atmosphere. This project is aimed at expanding the scope of research performed at several national observatories and greatly increase the amount of information that can be extracted from existing atmospheric radars.