Surname: Palo
First Name: Scott
Status= other
Institution: University of Colorado
E-mail: palo@colorado.edu
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Title: 
A Low-Cost, Remotely-Deployable Meteor Radar System for Mesosphere/Ionosphere 
Coupling Studies
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Authors: 
S.E. Palo, N.A. Makarov, J.M. Forbes, W.L. Ecklund, Yu.I. Portnyagin and B. 
Petrov
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Abstract: 
The University of Colorado in cooperation with the Institute
for Experimental Meteorology in Obninsk Russia have developed a portable, 
low-cost HF (30 MHz) meteor radar for studying large scale dynamical features in 
the mesosphere and lower-thermosphere.  This system, called Cobra-1, operates 
without height resolution and is currently operational in Platteville Colorado 
(40N), Obninsk Russia (55N) and Dixion Island Russia (74N).  An upgrade to 
Cobra-2, with height ranging, is planned for the near future.  Our system and 
recent results will be described.
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Discipline Category: Instruments