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Detailed Scientific Program
1. Scattering, calibration and microscale processes
– small-scale processes: turbulence, metre-scale waves, blini.
– turbulence as it relates to scattering
(climatologies of turbulence belong in session 5 or 6)
– non-turbulent scattering
– radar calibration, C_n^2
– hydrometeors as scatterers; water vapour as it pertains to scattering
– non-plasma scattering
– PMSE may be included, but also see section 4 for PMSE
discussions involving details of plasma processes.
2. New instruments, signal processing, and quality control
– New radar designs
– new receivers, digitizers, radar sub-components
– new approaches to signal-processing
– re-evaluation of older techniques
– rejection of poor data
– filtering techniques
3. Meteors studied with MST radar
– atmospheric winds studied via meteor trails(concentration
on basic science - climatologies, tides etc should be in section 6)
– atmospheric temperatures deduced from meteor trails
– formation of meteor trails
– Turbulence, momentum flux from meteor trails
– some limited astronomical studies may be included if they were made with
MST type radars.
4. Plasma irregularities
– PMSE (multifrequency, heating, interhemispheric comparisons)
– Using radar echoes from plasma irregularities (EEJ, ESF, QP, 150-km
echoes)to diagnose the ionosphere/atmosphere with coherent scatter
radars(densities, temperatures, winds, electric fields)
– 2D and 3D radar imaging of plasma irregularities
5. Meteorology and forecasting/nowcasting
– Dynamics
– Water vapour, clouds (esp. in the context of multi-instrument comparisons)
– application of radars and networks of radars to forecasting/nowcasting
– mountain waves
– meteorology as sources of waves and turbulence
– special campaigns, networks
6. Middle Atmosphere Dynamics and Structure
– Planetary waves and tides
– CAWSES-II Task 4
– Gravity Waves
– turbulence (specifically results that look at long term variations, clima-
tology etc - mechanics of turbulence microphysics belongs in session 1)
– long-term trends
7. Atmospheric Coupling
– ozone transport and tropopause variability
– coupling processes from the troposphere to the ionosphere
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