Title
Imaging coherent backscatter radar observations of topside equatorial spread F
Date Issued
01 January 1997
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
American Geophysical Union
Abstract
Multiple baseline interferometric imaging of a large-scale topside spread F depletion has been performed at the Jicamarca Radio Observatory near Lima, Perú. A new imaging technique makes it possible to examine the detailed structure of the scatter from field-aligned irregularities in and around the depletion. A new antenna at Jicamarca, physically separated from the main antenna array, provided very long interferometry baselines up to ̃94 λ long for the observations. High-resolution images of coherent backscatter from the radar plume were computed from the interferometry data using the maximum entropy method. These images show that scattering regions with small Doppler velocities lay mainly along the boundary of the depleted region. Meanwhile, regions with high Doppler velocities were located within the depletion itself and could be seen convecting upward through the depleted channel.
Start page
2309
End page
2320
Volume
32
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Telecomunicaciones Sensores remotos Meteorología y ciencias atmosféricas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0031268862
Source
Radio Science
ISSN of the container
00486604
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