Lidar Studies of Upper Atmosphere Composition and Dynamics
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The use of Lidar techniques has led to important advances in               measuring properties of the atmosphere below 110 km altitude.                   This is a region where there is little return from radar probing,               especially at night.  The lidar provides density data from the                  backscattering on air molecules, and thus measures the background               density, density waves propagating through the medium, and from                 the rate of density decrease with height, provides data on                      temperature.  Lidars can be tuned to wavelengths resonantly                     scattered by specific atoms, and for sodium Lidars the changes in               height and vertical profile are sensitive indicators of vertical                velocity and of the passage of waves through the region 80-100                  km.  This award is for upgrading and operating two lidars in a                  series of cooperative campaigns with other scientists using radio               and other optical techniques to probe the atmosphere.  The                      capability will be added to measure resonant scattering from the                layers of neutral iron and calcium and ionized calcium, and to                  make daytime measurements with the newer high power lidar.
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