Horizontally resolved structures of radar backscatter from polar mesospheric layers

• Published in: Advances in Radio Science
• Main Authors: R. Latteck, W. Singer, M. Rapp, T. Renkwitz, G. Stober
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: German; English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2012
• Subjects: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TA1-2040; Alomar; Andøya; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/ars-10-285-2012; https://doaj.org/article/1dfa86e72b084bfe9d98116de8d1db76

The Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics in Kühlungsborn, Germany (IAP) installed a new powerful VHF radar on the North-Norwegian island Andøya (69.30° N, 16.04° E) from 2009 to 2011. The new Middle Atmosphere Alomar Radar System (MAARSY) replaces the existing ALWIN radar which has been in conti...