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STP12 Abstracts<br />

Berlin, 12 - 16 July <strong>2010</strong><br />

SCOSTEP Symposium <strong>2010</strong><br />

Analysis of polar mesosphere winter echoes using the EISCAT VHF Radar<br />

Engler Norbert , Rapp Markus , Strelnikova Irina<br />

<strong>Leibniz</strong>-<strong>Institut</strong>e of Atmospheric Physics at the Univ. Rostock, Kühlungsborn<br />

Radar observations are a suitable tool to study the properties <strong>an</strong>d dynamics of the atmosphere.<br />

During the polar winter radar echoes c<strong>an</strong> be observed in the altitude r<strong>an</strong>ge between 60 <strong>an</strong>d 80<br />

km using VHF radars which occur un<strong>der</strong> certain circumst<strong>an</strong>ces. The occurrence of these<br />

echoes require a sufficient high volume reflectivity depending on the ionisation <strong>an</strong>d on the<br />

turbulence strength. On several occations the EISCAT VHF radar (224 MHz) was measuring<br />

these echoes providing a set of data which is used to characterize the echoes. The spectral<br />

shape is used to determine the scattering mech<strong>an</strong>ism <strong>an</strong>d allows to identify the structures<br />

responsible for the backscatter. The <strong>an</strong>alyses of the spectra concerning the signal power, the<br />

spectral width <strong>an</strong>d shape as well as the altitude distribution provide interesting informations<br />

about the scattering mech<strong>an</strong>isms involved <strong>an</strong>d the basic principles for the occurrence of<br />

mesospheric winter echoes.

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