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尾迹的影响。 此外，研究人员还试图了解流星尾迹的雷达散射特性与传统镜面反射过程的任何偏差，这些科学目标要求对秘鲁皮乌拉（5S，81W）现有流星雷达进行升级并继续运行。该站点的升级包括安装一个完整的全天流星雷达系统，以便能够明确地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。作为这项例行工作的副产品，科学界将通过网络服务器获得平均风、潮汐振幅和相位以及流星衰变统计数据。

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.