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The arecibo observatory as an mst radar
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Woodman, R. F. |
| Copyright Year | 1983 |
| Description | The radars and other systems at the Arecibo Observatory were designed and built, originally, for incoherent-scatter and radio-astronomy research. More recently, important additions have been made for planetary radar and artificial RF heating of the ionosphere. Although designed and built for a different application, these systems have shown to be very powerful tools for tropospheric, stratospheric and mesospheric research. The Observatory at present has two main radars: one at 430 and the other at 2380 MHz. In addition, 50-MHz MST radar work has been done using portable transmitters brought to the Observatory for this purpose. This capability will become permanent with the recent acquisition of a transmitter at this frequency. Furthermore, control and data processing systems have been developed to use the powerful HF transmitter and antennas of the HF-heating facility as an HF bistatic radar. A brief description of the four radars available at the Observatory is presented. |
| File Size | 367144 |
| Page Count | 6 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19840019070 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1ck37g0n |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1983-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Communications And Radar Radar Radar Scattering Signal Processing Radar Antennas Atmospheric Physics Multistatic Radar Radar Receivers Radar Transmitters Radar Resolution Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
