Theoretical Modeling and Data Analysis of Mesospheric Radar Scattering
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The advent of powerful new computing capabilities has made                 it possible to use radars to provide much more information on the               atmospheric inhomogeneities that give rise to atmospheric radar                 echoes than has previously been the case.  It has been possible                 to measure the frequency (doppler) shift of not one but a number                of different returned echoes simultaneously, and at the same                    time, by the use of several antennas and the technique of                       interferometry, to determine the precise direction of the                       scattering centers.  Two new radar systems have been built at                   Utah State University with these capabilities, and they allow                   determination of three dimensional wind fields in the 20 to 100                 km altitude region.  Other parameters measured are electron                     density profiles and the propagation of waves in the ionosphere                 (travelling ionospheric disturbances).  Knowledge of the dynamics               of the middle atmosphere is an essential prerequisite to being                  able to model the effect of chemical changes in that region, and                their effect on radiative changes, and ultimately, changes in                   weather and climate.
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