NSWP: Multiple Incoherent Scatter Radar Long-Term Database Study of Upper Atmosphere Climatology and Variability

对米尔斯通山非相干散射雷达(ISR)设施现有的所谓“Madrigal”数据库进行了统计分析，其中包括来自七个非相干散射雷达站点(阿雷西博PR、密尔斯通山MA、格陵兰岛Sondrestrom、挪威斯瓦尔巴德群岛、挪威特罗姆索、法国圣桑丁和日本Shigaraki)的数据。目标是建立一个有经验的热层气候学模型，以及热层和电离层可变性的相关模型。这些模型产生了中性热层和电离层参数(从200公里到600公里)，包括中性温度(TN)、外基温(TC)、氧密度([O])、子午线中性风(Um)、电子密度(Ne)以及离子和电子温度(Te和Te)。制作了与ISR地点相对应的本地模型，并开发了北美东部和西欧的区域模型。

A statistical analysis of the so-called "Madrigal" database extant at the Millstone Hill Incoherent Scatter Radar (ISR) Facility, including data from seven Incoherent Scatter Radar (ISR) sites (Arecibo PR, Millstone Hill MA, Sondrestrom Greenland, Svalbard Norway, Tromso Norway, St. Santin France, and Shigaraki Japan) is performed. The goal is the establishment of an empirically grounded, climatological model of the thermosphere, and associated models of thermospheric and ionospheric variability. These models produce both neutral thermospheric and ionospheric parameters (from 200 km to 600 km), including neutral temperature (Tn), exobase temperature (Tc), O density ([O]), meridional neutral winds (Um), electron density (Ne), and the ion and electron temperatures (Ti and Te). Local models corresponding to ISR locations are produced, and regional models for Eastern North America and for Western Europe are developed.