The STATE experiment - mesospheric dynamics
Document ID: 65
Philbrick, C. Russell1
Sipler, D. P.1
Balsley, Ben B.2
Ulwick, James C.3
1 USAF, Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, Bedford, MA, U.S.A.
2 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Aeronomy Laboratory, Boulder, CO, U.S.A.
3 Utah State University, Logan, UT, U.S.A.
Abstract
The STructure and Atmospheric Turbulence Environment (STATE) experiment was conducted during the second week of-June 1983 at Poker Flat Research Range, Alaska. The measurements focus on a study of the middle atmosphere dynamics by comparison between in-situ probe measurements and MST radar measurements. Rocket launchings were conducted at three periods which were selected by monitoring the doppler velocity spectra of the MST radar.
The STATE program has included the efforts of several scientists in planning and carrying out the ground-based and rocket measurements. An overview of the program is given together with some preliminary results. The regions in intense backscatter signals detected by the MST radar are shown to correlate with large irregularities in the electron profiles measured.
| Citation: | "The STATE experiment - mesospheric dynamics", Philbrick, C. R., D. P. Sipler, B. B. Balsley, J. C. Ulwick, Advances in Space Research, Vol. 4, No. 6, COSPAR (Committee on Space Research), 1984, pp. 129 - 132, CCC: 0273-1177/84 |