Radar Studies of Fast Auroral Forms

An initial study of fast-moving radar auroras has been completed, using data from the 398-MHz phased-array radar located at Homer, Alaska. The phased array scans the ionosphere over most of central Alaska with a two-degree beam on a time scale of seconds, producing digital data that can be manipulat...

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Main Authors: Tsunoda,R T, Fremouw,E J
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Active & Passive Radar Detection & Equipment
ALASKA
Atmospheric Physics
AURORAE
DATA PROCESSING
IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES
PHASED ARRAYS
RADAR CROSS SECTIONS
RADAR SCANNING
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Summary:An initial study of fast-moving radar auroras has been completed, using data from the 398-MHz phased-array radar located at Homer, Alaska. The phased array scans the ionosphere over most of central Alaska with a two-degree beam on a time scale of seconds, producing digital data that can be manipulated into many formats for analysis. Complementary data (magnetograms from several Alaskan and one Canadian observatory and incoherent-scatter data from Chatanika, Alaska) also were employed for relating the radar-auroral data to substorm activity.