Magnetospheric and Ionospheric Research Using CUPRI

康奈尔大学便携式雷达干涉仪（CUPRI） 是一个50 MHz的系统，为 电离层等离子体湍流研究。 CUPRI数据集现在 包括各种极光区和中纬度-E区 观测、F_区化学释放实验和极地 中间层测量。 我们的大部分观察结果都是 与其他仪器协调， 尽可能对被探测的介质进行表征， CEDAR倡议的几个部分。 拟议的三 一年的延续将资助持续的分析和解释 在这些广泛的数据集中， CUPRI数字化子系统，以提高分辨率， 收集和研究三个新的数据集。 第一个新的数据集将从北方获得 斯堪的纳维亚用于极地中层夏季的多频率研究 回声 CUPRI将在EISCAT天线旁边建立，并将 提供本研究的3米组件。 尽管几 最近发表了关于PSME的论文，很明显， 需要更多的数据，特别是CUPRI和 EISCAT可以共同获得。 第二个新的数据集将是 中纬度E区的不稳定性， 理解到目前为止。 第三组将试图重现 MU看到的显着的中纬度F区域相干回波 雷达 如果后一项努力取得成功，那么我们将计划 为了增加阿雷西博非相干散射雷达的功率， 试图了解这些强烈的湍流上升流区域。 我们计划继续让学生参与CUPRI的运作， 数据分析和数据解释：研究生作为部分 他们的论文研究和本科生作为选修课的一部分， 课程或项目区域。*** //

The Cornell University Portable Radar Interferometer (CUPRI) is a 50 MHz system that has provided a wealth of data for the study of ionospheric plasma turbulence. The CUPRI data sets now include a variety of auroral and mid-latitude-E-region observations, F_region chemical release experiments, and polar mesosphere measurements. Most of our observations have been coordinated with other instrumentation to provide as full a characterization of the media being probed as possible in support of several segments of the CEDAR initiative. The proposed three year renewal will fund the continuing analysis and interpretation of these extensive data sets, the completion of an upgrade of the CUPRI digitizing sub-system to improve resolution, and the acquisition and study of three new data sets. The first new data set will be obtained from northern Scandinavia for multi-frequency study of polar mesospheric summer echoes. CUPRI will set up next to the EISCAT antennas and will provide the 3 meter component of this study. Although several papers have been recently published on PSME, it is clear that more data is needed, particularly of the type that CUPRI and EISCAT can jointly obtain. The second new data set is to be of mid-latitude E-region instabilities which are not at all understood as yet. The third set will try to reproduce the remarkable mid-latitude F-region coherent echoes seen by the MU Radar. If this latter effort is successful, then we would plan to add the power of the Arecibo incoherent scatter radar in an attempt to understand these intense turbulence upwelling regions. We plan to continue to involve students in CUPRI operations, data analysis, and data interpretation: graduate students as part of their thesis research and undergraduates as part of elective courses or project regions. *** //