HAARP, Research and Applications

Abstract

This report describes and documents the scientific uses and the wide range of applications created by the HF Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP). The report is based on the deliberations of a scientific committee sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Office of Naval Research and convened by the East-West Space Science Center of the University of Maryland. The HAARP represents a technological advancement with capabilities that allow for new and unique dual-use research and application opportunities. Use of the ionosphere as an active, nonlinear medium allows the primary HF energy to be transformed in a controlled fashion into coherent radiation from 0.001 Hz to 40 kHz and into incoherent IR and visible wavelengths. This function, supplemented with the generation of FAS and with the use of the transmitter as a radar, makes the HAARP transmitter a unique source for remote sensing and communication uses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA355641

Entities

People

  • Alexander V. Gurevich
  • Dennis Papadopoulos
  • Herbert C. Carlson Jr.
  • P. A. Bernhardt
  • William E. Gordon

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Charged Particles
  • Climate Change
  • Communication Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Military Research
  • Remote Sensing
  • Scattering
  • Solar Wind

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space