PROBING THE ARCTIC MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE USING THE MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE ALOMAR RADAR SYSTEM| Session Chair: | Toru Sato |
This session will report recent progress and discuss future plans in polar aeronomy with various radio instruments, such as MST radars and lidars. In the last few years, two major VHF MST radars have been constructed in the polar regions; MAARSY radar in the Arctic, and PANSY radar in the Antarctic. The former is already in its full operation, and the latter is expected to complete construction by the time of the Assembly. There is also a plan to move UHF AMISR to the Antarctica. These radars are expected to clarify important phenomena such as PMSE and PMWE (Polar Mesospheric Summer/Winter Echoes), the generation mechanism of PSC and PMC (Polar Stratospheric/Mesospheric Clouds), dynamical coupling of the middle and upper atmosphere. Coordinated studies with optical instruments will play an important role in understanding physical processes governing these phenomena.
16:00 G08.1 PROBING THE ARCTIC MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE USING THE MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE ALOMAR RADAR SYSTEM
R. Latteck, J. Chau, G. Stober, C. Schult, S. Sommer, W. Singer, T. Renkwitz
Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik, Kühlungsborn, Germany
16:20 G08.2 PROGRAM OF THE ANTARCTIC SYOWA MST/IS RADAR
K. Sato1, M. Tsutsumi2, T. Sato3, T. Nakamura2, A. Saito3, Y. Tomikawa2, K. Nishimura2, M. Kohma1, H. Yamagishi2, T. Yamanouchi2
1The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Japan
3Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
16:40 G08.3 POLAR AERONOMICAL STUDIES WITH THE US INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR CHAIN
M. Nicolls, A. Strømme, S. Kaeppler
SRI International, Menlo Park, United States
17:00 G08.4 WIND AND SPECTRAL WIDTH ESTIMATIONS IN PMSE WITH COHERENT RADAR IMAGING
S. Sommer, J. L. Chau, G. Stober
Radar Sounding and Sounding Rockets, Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at University of Rostock, Kühlungsborn, Germany
17:20 G08.5 OBSERVATIONS OF POLAR MESOSPHERE SUMMER ECHOES AT 69° IN THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTICA
R. Latteck1, R. J. Morris2, D. Murphy2, J. Höffner1, T. P. Viehl1, W. Singer1
1Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik, Kühlungsborn, Germany
2Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia