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.Fig. 15 after Röttger and Larsen (1990). Table 1 after Röttger (1989).Final remarks: Quite some progress has been made over the past two decades in understandingMST VHF radar returns. We were able to show that simplistic assumptions about scatteringand reflection can at most be applied in exceptional cases. What we see is notimmediately convertible into refractivity structure of the atmosphere. We have mostly usedour observations to trace atmospheric structure and dynamics. Combination <strong>with</strong> otherobservations, such as those made in-situ and modeling is highly valuable. One may even haveto do “backward modeling or simulation” by adjusting model parameters in such a way thatthey replicate all the parameters of individual radar observations. The initial observations,interpretations and visions made some 20-40 years ago are still basic and valid. Newapproaches, such as the Direct Numerical Simulation (Fritts, 2003) bring us forward andverify the early visions <strong>with</strong> modern computing techniques.References:Atlas, D., Advances in radar meteorology, Adv. Geophys., Academic Press, 317-478, 1964.Beckmann, P., and A. Spizzichino, The scattering, of electromagnetic waves from roughsurfaces, 418-453, Pergamon Press, 1963.Bolgiano, R., The general theory of turbulence: Turbulence in the atmosphere, in Wind andTurbulence in Stratosphere, Mesosphere and Ionosphere, North Holland Publ., 371-400, 1968.Browning, K.A., and C.D. Watkins, Observations of Clear Air Turbulence by High PowerRadar, Nature, 227, 260-263, 1970.Chilson, P.B., T.Y. Yu, R.G. Strauch, A. Muschinski, and R.D. Palmer, Implementaton andvalidation of range imaging on a UHF radar wind pro<strong>file</strong>r, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 20, 987-996, 2003.Dalaudier, F. and C. Sidi, Evidence and interpretation of spectral gap in the turbulentatmospheric temperature spectra, J. Atmos. Sci., 44, 3121-3126, 1987.Fritts, D., Ímplications of Direct Numerical Simulations of turbulence generation andMorphology for dynamics and radar backscatter, paper presented at 10 th Workshop Techn.Scient. Aspects MST Radar, Piura, 13-20 May 2003.458

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