CAREER: Development of a Distributed, Multistatic Meteor Radar System

流星雷达系统通过分析流星烧蚀残留物的镜面反射来监测中层大气的水平风，现已升级，以吸收新的数字接收器和多频发射器技术。 此外，通过建立统一的透明算法供审查，消除了源于专有分析算法的关于导出风的准确性的挥之不去的困惑。 这些新技术流星雷达的设计和建造为低成本的雷达系统统一网络以及80公里至100公里的中层大气动态的广泛空间覆盖铺平了道路。 参与该项目的本科生和研究生产生了一批新的专业RF工程师和遥感雷达操作员。 该人口扩大了研究的影响，从其Aeronomy核心到监视，资源勘探和安全。

Meteor radar systems, used to monitor horizontal winds in the middle atmosphere by analysis of specular reflections from meteoric ablation remnants, are upgraded to assimilate new digital receiver and multi-frequency transmitter technologies. In addition, lingering confusion about the veracity of the derived winds, stemming from proprietary analysis algorithms, is eradicated by establishment of unified transparent algorithms available for review. The design and construction of these new-technology meteor radars paves the way for low-cost unified networks of the radar systems, and broad spatial coverage of middle atmosphere dynamics between 80 km and 100 km. Undergraduate and graduate student participation in the project generates a new population of expert RF engineers and remote sensing radar operators. That population broadens the research impact from its Aeronomy core to surveillance, resource exploration, and security.