Aeronomical and Meteorological Research at Jicamarca        Radio Observatory
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The Jicamarca Radio Observatory near Lima, Peru serves as                  the equatorial anchor of the 75th meridian chain of incoherent                  scatter observatories.  Its operation is crucial to a number of                 joint experiments which trace the flow of energy, momentum and                  mass from the polar to the equatorial regions of the earth's                    upper atmosphere.  The global responses to the high latitude                    interactions of the magnetosphere with the polar ionosphere and                 thermosphere are a subject of great scientific interest and a key               area of study in the 1980's and 1990's.  The Jicamarca Radio                    Observatory, for example, is critical to the new NSF initiative                 CEDAR (Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric                         Regions).                                                                            The project will help support the operation of the Jicamarca               Radio Observatory and provide funds for a program of experimental               research to be conducted at that facility.  Jicamarca is one of                 four radars, forming a meridional chain from Greenland to Peru                  that are particularly well sited to examine the global energy                   questions indicated above.  It will observe, alone and in                       combination with the other radars and optical instruments the                   atmospheric response (i.e., changes in densities, temperatures,                 winds, and electric fields to high-latitude energy inputs.                           In addition to the radar chain experiments, research will                  continue in the following major areas: (1) the dynamics of the                  neutral atmosphere (winds, waves, and turbulence in the                         troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere); (2) plasma turbulence               in the equatorial electroject; (3) the 150km echoing region: (4)                equatorial spread F (ESF) irregularities; (5) electric fields in                the E and F region during quiet and disturbed periods; and (6)                  the artificial generation of VLF waves by heating the equatorial                electrojet.
[{'FirstName': 'Wesley', 'LastName': 'Swartz', 'EmailAddress': 'wes@ece.cornell.edu', 'StartDate': '10/15/1987', 'EndDate': None, 'RoleCode': 'Co-Principal Investigator'}, {'FirstName': 'Donald', 'LastName': 'Farley', 'EmailAddress': 'donf@ece.cornell.edu', 'StartDate': '10/15/1987', 'EndDate': None, 'RoleCode': 'Principal Investigator'}, {'FirstName': 'Ronald', 'LastName': 'Woodman', 'EmailAddress': 'ron@geo.igp.gob.pe', 'StartDate': '10/15/1987', 'EndDate': None, 'RoleCode': 'Co-Principal Investigator'}]
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