Radar Studies of the Equatorial Ionosphere
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The echoes seen by high frequency radars consist of intense                "coherent" signal returns from "irregularities" in the ionosphere               and weak "incoherent" returns from the background thermal                       structure of the plasma.  The latter echoes give the plasma                     concentration, composition, electron and ion temperatures, and                  are due to plasma waves from a variety of sources, including                    electrical currents flowing through the plasma and gravity waves                propagating through the neutral atmosphere.  A thin layer of                    echoes seen at mid-latitudes and now at the equator has not been                explained.  The irregularities cause distortion and interference                in short wave radio communication, and in ground to satellite                   communication links.  This award is for radar studies at the                    Jicamarca Observatory in Peru.  Measurements will be made of                    irregularities and waves in the Mesosphere (50-85 km altitude)                  and in the Lower Thermosphere (85-120 km altitude) to better                    understand the nature of the mechanisms producing them.
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