21st Century Ionospheric Research using the Cornell University Portable Radar Interferometer

翻译后摘要：ATM-0075241“21世纪世纪电离层研究使用康奈尔大学便携式雷达干涉仪“斯沃茨，韦斯利E.，康奈尔大学该奖项旨在应用目前位于波多黎各的便携式干涉仪VHF雷达（称为CUPRI）研究扩展F和零星E中的地磁场对准不规则性。 这项工作将是目前一系列观察的继续，并结合分析，以了解这些不正常现象形成的根本原因。 这些正在进行的测量将辅之以与阿雷西博天文台协调开展的活动，对低热层区域的风进行非相干散射雷达观测。 该合同还将对数据采集部分进行重大升级，并结合实地测试，以提高这些观测的时间和空间分辨率。 将对巴西的一套测量结果进行进一步分析，以将赤道的结果与在波多黎各获得的结果进行比较。

Abstract: ATM-0075241"21st Century ionospheric research using the Cornell University portable radar interferometer"Swartz, Wesley E., Cornell UniversityThis award addresses the application of a portable interferometer VHF radar (known as CUPRI), presently located in Puerto Rico, to the study of geomagnetic field-aligned irregularities in spread F and sporadic E. This work would be a continuation of the present series of observations combined with analysis directed to the understanding of the causative factors underlying the formation of these irregularities. These ongoing measurements would be supplemented with coordinated campaigns with the Arecibo Observatory incoherent scatter radar observations of the winds of the lower thermosphere region. This award would also undertake significant upgrades of the data acquisition component combined with field tests with the aim of improving the temporal and spatial resolutions of these observations. Further analysis of the Brazilian set of measurements would be undertaken to compare equatorial results with those obtained in Puerto Rico.