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Estimating Mesopheric Winds from Spectral Analysis of Radar Data

Gomez, Mijail

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Title
Estimating Mesopheric Winds from Spectral Analysis of Radar Data
Author(s)
Gomez, Mijail
Contributor(s)
Kudeki, Erhan
Issue Date
2011-05
Keyword(s)
  • ionosphere
  • mesosphere
  • mesospheric wind estimation
  • radar
  • radar data analysis
  • incoherent scatter radar
  • electron drift velocity
Date of Ingest
2014-01-15T16:19:09Z
Abstract
Understanding the ionosphere is essential for a wide range of applications, including radio and telecommunications, satellite tracking, and Earth observation from space. Raw radar data obtained from Jicamarca Radio Observatory was used to extract electron drift velocities. Spectral analysis was used to choose a model that showed similar characteristics to the empirical data. The method of nonlinear least squares fitting (implemented with the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm) was used to do spectral fitting, from which we were able to deduce the velocity drifts.
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text
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Other
Language
en
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