Collaborative Research: Equatorial Studies of the Mesopause Region using Meteor Radars

这项建议是为了研究电场对赤道地区流星轨迹的影响。此外，PIS试图了解流星轨迹的雷达散射特性与传统镜面反射过程的任何偏差。这些科学目标需要升级和继续运行秘鲁皮乌拉(5S，81W)的现有流星雷达。该站点的升级包括安装完整的全天流星雷达系统，以便可以明确确定流星后向散射的到达角。此外，圣诞岛的档案数据也将被分析流星风。作为这项工作的副产品，科学界将通过网络服务器获得平均风速、潮汐振幅和潮汐相位以及流星衰变的统计数据。

This proposal is for the study of electric field effects on meteor trails in the equatorial region. Additionally, the PIs seek to understand any deviation of the radar scattering properties of a meteor trail from traditional specular reflection processes.These scientific goals require the upgrade and continued operation of an existing meteor radar at Piura, Peru (5S, 81W). The upgrade at this site consists of installing a complete all-sky meteor radar system, so that the angle-of-arrival of meteoric backscatter can be unambiguously determined. In addition, archive data from Christmas Island will be analyzed for meteor winds as well. As a byproduct of this work routine mean wind, tidal amplitudes and phases, and meteor decay statistics will be available to the scientific community via a web server.