VHF radar echoes observed in the summer and winter polar mesosphere over Andøya, Norway

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Czechowsky, P., Reid, I., Ruster, R., Schmidt, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 1989
• Subjects: Andøya; Norway; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/73622; https://doi.org/10.1029/JD094iD04p05199

The mobile SOUSY VHF (53.5 MHz) Radar has been operated on a campaign basis on the island of Andøya in Northern Norway (69°17′N, 16°01′E), with the aim of investigating the backseattering structures and dynamics of the polar middle atmosphere, since November 1983. During winter the occurrence of mes...