DURIP Instrumentation Support for High-Latitude Ionospheric Research and the Establishment of a Dual Radar/Dual Frequency Observational Capability at the Millstone Radar Facility

Abstract

Radar receiver and signal processing instrumentation was acquired and fabricated in order to establish a capability for dual 440 MHz and 1390 MHz radar operations at the M.I.T. Millstone Hill research facility. Hardware costs for a duplicate of the MIDAS radar processor were provided. This instrumentation enables a program of simultaneous, high-spatial resolution dual frequency observations of non-thermal and coherent radar backscatter from ionospheric plasma waves and turbulence at both F and E region heights. Simultaneous operation of the fully steerable Millstone Hill UHF and L-band radars in the incoherent scatter mode addresses the spatial homogeneity and simultaneity of ionospheric effects and processes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 28, 1991
Accession Number
ADA244169

Entities

People

  • John C. Foster

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • C Programming Language
  • Coherent Radar
  • Computer Programming
  • Data Acquisition
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Frequency
  • High Latitudes
  • Instrumentation
  • L Band
  • Observation
  • Observatories
  • Operating Systems
  • Plasma Waves
  • Radar
  • Radar Receivers
  • Research Facilities
  • Signal Processing

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.
  • Research Science/Academic Research