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

编码单脉冲技术在热辐射研究中的应用 电离层平衡 该项目是一项合作努力，涉及地球空间研究 Inc.和犹他州州立大学。 该研究计划有两个 包括电离层雷达观测和 相关的建模工作。 雷达波非相干散射 产生两种不同的信号：离子线和等离子线。 通常，雷达实验是使用一个或两个 其他，但部分由地球空间研究开发的新技术 Inc.允许测量离子线和等离子线 同步 雷达实验将在 Arecibo在波多黎各和EISCAT设施在欧洲。 的 由此产生的数据提供了一套全面的测量 电离层等离子体的密度和热特性。 当 结合建模，测量将用于研究 影响观察到的行为的差异过程的数量 电离层

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.