Low- and Mid-Latitude Ionospheric Research

这是一项对中低纬度电离层进行广泛研究的建议。 这项研究包括用克莱姆森大学的小型相干散射雷达和秘鲁利马附近的Jicamarca非相干散射雷达和JULIA雷达进行观测。 要调查的主题包括中纬度零星E电离层，较低的热层风在赤道E区，低纬度电离层和等离子体层的亚暴的反应。 这些专题对国家空间气象举措以及CEDAR/TIMED项目和CEDAR的其他几项举措（上部、POLITE）都有意义。 这项建议具有实验和理论的内容，应导致新的雷达硬件、新的数字代码以及改进和加强的雷达数据库的开发。

This is a proposal to conduct a wide-ranging program of research on the mid - and low-latitude ionosphere. The research involves observations to be made with a small coherent scatter radar at Clemson University and with the Jicamarca incoherent scatter radar (ISR) and the JULIA radar near Lima, Peru. Topics to be investigated include midlatitude sporadic E ionization layers, lower thermospheric winds in the equatorial E region, and the response of the low latitude ionosphere and plasmasphere to substorms. These topics have overtones for the National Space Weather initiative as well as for the CEDAR/TIMED project and several other CEDAR initiatives (Topside, POLITE). The proposal has experimental and theoretical elements and should result in the development of new radar hardware, new numerical codes, and an improved and enhanced radar database.