The STATE (Structure and Atmospheric Turbulence Environment) experiment - overview
Document ID: 294
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 NOAA, 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 at Poker Flat Research Range, Alaska during the first two weeks of June 1983. In situ measurements of the atmospheric properties have been compared to the MST radar signals in an effort to interpret the dynamical conditions in the middle atmosphere. The measurements were made during the summer season at PFRR based on the large signals which have been measured by the MST radar over the past several years. Rockets with probes which can measure the electron irregularities with high spatial resolution were launched on three occasions which corresponded to selected conditions observed in real time in the radar data. In one of these cases, several other instruments were launched to study the structure of the neutral atmosphere. Profiles of density, temperature, wind and turbulence properties were measured. This paper describes the experiment and introduces the several scientific papers to follow.
Keywords: mesosphere, atmospheric motion, spatial distribution, environments, real time, dynamics, neutral, Alaska, wind, atmospheric temperature, turbulence, radar, high resolution, electrons, profiles, radar signals, atmospheric density, sounding rockets, Earth atmosphere, atmospheric sounding
| Citation: | "The STATE (Structure and Atmospheric Turbulence Environment) experiment - overview", Philbrick, C. R., D. P. Sipler, B. B. Balsley, J. C. Ulwick, The STATE Experiment - Overview, U. S Department of Defense, January 1984, pp. 1 - 31, Accession Number: ADA160591 |