The Ramfjordmoen MF radar (69 degrees N, 19 degrees E): application development 1990-2000

Authors
Citation
C. Hall, The Ramfjordmoen MF radar (69 degrees N, 19 degrees E): application development 1990-2000, J ATMOS S-P, 63(2-3), 2001, pp. 171-179
Citations number
61
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
1364-6826 → ACNP
Volume
63
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
171 - 179
Database
ISI
SICI code
1364-6826(200101/02)63:2-3<171:TRMR(D>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The partial reflection experiment ("PRE") in northern Norway (69 degreesN, 19 degreesE), an MF radar system, has been operating for 25 years. During t hat time many improvements have been made to both hardware and software and the aspects of atmospheric physics that have been addressed have also chan ged. We find it not only timely to provide a "silver jubilee" short history of the instrument, but also to review the various applications to atmosphe ric science. In particular, we discuss parameterisation of turbulence. The radar may be applied to the study of how neutral atmosphere dynamics at sca les from planetary waves down to turbulence may be affected by space weathe r, exotic concepts that would have seemed very foreign at the time of incep tion of the system. The reference list is intended to include every referee d publication hitherto using "PRE" data. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.