AMISR - Advanced Modular Incoherent Scatter Radar

Revised 09/04/2008

AMISR-Related Publications

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2008

Bhatt, A.N., M.J. Nicolls, M.C. Kelley, and C.J. Heinselman, "Gravity waves detected using plasma lines observed by PFISR," J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys, submitted, 2008.

Chau, J.L., F.R. Galindo, C.J. Heinselman, and M.J. Nicolls, "Meteor-head Echo Observations Using an Antenna Compression Approach with the 450 MHz Poker Flat Incoherent Scatter Radar," J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys, submitted, 2008.

Fentzke, J.T., D. Janches, and J.J. Sparks,, "Latitudinal and seasonal variability of the micrometeor input function: A study using model predictions, Arecibo, and PFISR observations," J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2008.07.015, 2008.

Gustavsson, B., M. Kosch, A. Wong, T. Pedersen, C. Heinselman, C. Mutiso, B. Bristow, and J. Hughes, "First estimates of volume distribution of HF-pump enhanced emissions at 6300 and 5577 Å: A comparison between observations and theory," Ann. Geophys., submitted, 2008.

Heinselman, C.J., M.J. Nicolls, "A Bayesian approach to electric field and E-region neutral wind estimation with the Poker Flat Advanced Modular Incoherent Scatter Radar," Radio Science, in press, 2008.

Hysell, D.L., G. Michhue, M.F. Larsen, R. Pfaff, M.J. Nicolls, C.J. Heinselman, and H. Bahcivan, "Imaging radar observations of Farley Buneman waves during the JOULE II experiment," Ann. Geophys., 26, 1837–1850, 2008.

Hysell, D.L., G. Michhue, M.J. Nicolls, and C.J. Heinselman, "Assessing auroral electric field variance with coherent and incoherent scatter radar," J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys, submitted, 2008.

Janches, D., D.C. Fritts, M.J. Nicolls, and C.J. Heinselman, "Observations of D-region Structure and Atmospheric Tides with PFISR during Active Aurora," J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys, submitted, 2008.

Jones, S., M.R. Lessard, P.A. Fernandes, D. Lummerzheim, J.L. Semeter, C.J. Heinselman, K.A. Lynch, P.M. Kintner, and H.C. Stenbaek-Nielsen, "PFISR and ROPA Observations of Pulsating Aurora," J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys, submitted, 2008.

Kelley, M.C., R.A. Cuevas, and D.L. Hysell, "Radar scatter from equatorial electrojet waves: An explanation for the constancy of the Type I Doppler shift with zenith angle," Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L04106, doi:10.1029/2007GL032848, 2008.

Lyons, L.R., S. Zou, C.J. Heinselman, M.J. Nicolls, and P. Anderson, "Poker Flat Radar Observations of the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling Electrodynamics of the Earthward Penetrating Plasma Sheet Following Convection Enhancements," J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys, submitted, 2008.

Nicolls, M.J., M.C. Kelley, R.H. Varney, and C.J. Heinselman, "Spectral observations of polar mesospheric summer echoes at 33 cm (450 MHz) with the Poker Flat Incoherent Scatter Radar," J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2008.04.019, 2008.

Semeter, J.L., T. Butler, M. Zettergren, M. Diaz, M.J. Nicolls, C.J. Heinselman, and J.D. Kelly, "Volumetric imaging of the ionosphere: Initial results from the PFISR," J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys, submitted, 2008.

Sojka, J.J., M.J. Nicolls, C.J. Heinselman, and J.D. Kelly, "The PFISR IPY Observations of Ionospheric Climate and Weather," J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys, submitted, 2008.

Sparks, J.J., D. Janches, M.J. Nicolls, and C.J. Heinselman, "Seasonal and diurnal variability of the meteor flux at high latitudes observed using PFISR," J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys, submitted, 2008.

Taylor, M.J. Y. Zhao, P.-D. Pautet, M. J. Nicolls, R.L. Collins, J. Baker-Tvedtness, C. D. Burton, B. Thurairajah, J. Reimuller, R. H. Varney, C. J. Heinselman, K. Mizutani, "Coordinated Optical and Radar Image Measurements of Noctilucent Clouds and Polar Mesospheric Summer Echoes," J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys, submitted, 2008.

Vadas, S.L., M.J. Nicolls, “Using PFISR measurements and gravity wave dissipative theory to determine the neutral, background thermospheric winds," Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L02105, doi:10.1029/2007GL031522, 2008.

Vadas, S.L., M.J. Nicolls, "Temporal Evolution of Neutral, Thermospheric Winds and Plasma Response using PFISR Measurements of Gravity Waves," J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys, submitted, 2008.

Varney, R.H., M.J. Nicolls, C.J. Heinselman, M.C. Kelley, "Observations of Polar Mesospheric Summer Echoes Using PFISR During the Summer of 2007," J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys, submitted, 2008.

Zou, S., L.R. Lyons, M.J. Nicolls, and C.J. Heinselman, "PFISR observations of strong azimuthal flow bursts in the ionosphere and their relation to nightside aurora," J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2008.06.015, 2008.

2007

Hysell, D.L., J. Drexler, E.B. Shume, J.L. Chau, D.E. Scipion, M. Vlasov, R. Cuevas, C. Heinselman, "Combined radar observations of equatorial electrojet irregularities at Jicamarca," Ann. Geophys., 25, pp. 457-473, 2007.

Kosch, M.J., T. Pedersen, E. Mishin, S. Oyama, J. Hughes, A. Senior, B. Watkins, B. Bristow, "Coordinated optical and radar observations of ionospheric pumping for a frequency pass through the second electron gyroharmonic at HAARP," J. Geophys. Res., 112, A06325, doi:10.1029/2006JA012146, 2007.

Kosch, M.J., T. Pedersen, E. Mishin, M. Starks, E. Gerken-Kendall, D. Sentman, S. Oyama, B. Watkins, "Temporal evolution of pump beam self-focusing at the High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program," J. Geophys. Res., 112, A08304, doi:10.1029/2007JA012264, 2007.

Mathews, J.D., S.J. Briczinski, D.D. Meisel, C.J. Heinselman, "Radio and Meteor Science Outcomes from Comparisons of Meteor Radar Observations at AMISR Poker Flat, Sondrestrom, and Arecibo," Earth Moon Planet, doi:10.1007/s11038-007-9168-0, 2007.

Nicolls, M.J., C.J. Heinselman, E.A. Hope, S. Ranjan, M.C. Kelley, J.D. Kelly, "Imaging of Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes with the 450 MHz Poker Flat Advanced Modular Incoherent Scatter Radar," Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L20102, doi:10.1029/2007GL031476, 2007.

Nicolls, M.J., C.J. Heinselman, "Three-dimensional measurements of traveling ionospheric disturbances with the Poker Flat Incoherent Scatter Radar," Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L21104, doi:10.1029/2007GL031506, 2007.

2006

Oyama, S., B.J. Watkins, F.T. Djuth, M.J. Kosch, P.A. Bernhardt, C.J. Heinselman, "Persistent enhancement of the HF pump-induced plasma line measured with a UHF diagnostic radar at HAARP," J. Geophys. Res., 111, A06309, doi:10.1029/2005JA011363, 2006.