Geometric considerations of polar mesospheric summer echoes in tilted beams using coherent radar imaging

• Main Authors: Sommer, S., Stober, G., Chau, J.L., Latteck, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: München : European Geopyhsical Union 2014
• Subjects: Backscattering; Holography; Radar systems; Beam direction; Beam pointing; Coherent radar; Filling factor; Mesospheric summer echoes; Middle atmosphere; Spatial and temporal resolutions; Tilted beams; Radar imaging; 530; Alomar; Norway; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.34657/1520; https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/4024

We present observations of polar mesospheric summer echoes (PMSE) using the Middle Atmosphere Alomar Radar System in Northern Norway (69.30° N, 16.04° E). The radar is able to resolve PMSE at high spatial and temporal resolution and to perform pulse-to-pulse beam steering. In this experiment, 81 obl...