COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Application of the Coded-Long-PulseRadar Technique to Studies of Thermal Balance in the Ionosphere

单脉冲编码技术在电离层热平衡研究中的应用这个项目是地球空间研究公司和犹他州立大学共同开展的工作。该研究计划包括两个组成部分，包括对电离层的雷达观测和相关的建模工作。雷达波的非相干散射产生两种截然不同的信号：一条电离线和一条等离子体线。通常情况下，雷达实验是使用一种或另一种方法进行的，但地球空间研究公司开发的一项新技术允许同时测量离子线和等离子体线。雷达实验将在波多黎各的阿雷西博和欧洲的EISCAT设施进行。由此产生的数据提供了一套全面的电离层等离子体密度和热性质的测量方法。当与建模相结合时，这些测量将用于研究影响电离层观测行为的一些不同过程。

Application of the coded lone-pulse technique to studies of thermal balance in the ionosphere This project is a collaborative effort involving Geospace Research Inc. and Utah State University. The research plan has two components including radar observations of the ionosphere and an associated modeling effort. Incoherent scatter of radar waves produces two distinct signals: an ion line and a plasma line. Usually, radar experiments are performed using either one or the other, but a new technique partly developed by Geospace Research Inc. allows both ion line and plasma line to be measured simultaneously. The radar experiments are to be performed at Arecibo in Puerto Rico and with the EISCAT facility in Europe. The resulting data provides a comprehensive set of measurements of the density and thermal properties of the ionospheric plasma. When combined with modeling, the measurements will be used to study a number of difference processes that affect the observed behavior of the ionosphere.