G1  Space Plasma Measurement Techniques I

Thursday, January 10  13:20-17:00  Room 200

Session Chairs:  Tom Gaussiran, Philip Erickson

13:20  G1-1  A NEW UHF HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE RECEIVER FOR THE ARECIBO OBSERVATORY

Amanda C. Mills*1, Julio V. Urbina1, Ganesh Rajagopalan2,3, Sixto A. Gonzalez2, Mike Sulzer2, Mark Wharton1

1Communications and Space Sciences Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
2Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
3Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York


13:40  G1-2  PHASE AND PATTERN CALIBRATION OF THE JICAMARCA RADAR USING SATELLITES

Boyi Gao*1, John D. Mathews1, Jorge L. Chau2

1Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
2Radio Observatorio de Jicamarca, Instituto Geofsico del Per, Lima, Peru


14:00  G1-3  EXTRACTING PLASMA FREQUENCIES FROM HIGH RESOLUTION ARECIBO PLASMA LINE DATA: DEVELOPING THE MODEL AND FITTING TECHNIQUES

Michael P. Sulzer*

Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, PR


14:20  G1-4  SIGNAL CHAIN ARCHITECTURES FOR EFFICIENT IONOSPHERIC RADAR PROCESSING

Philip J. Erickson*, William C. Rideout, Frank D. Lind

Atmospheric Sciences Group, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA


14:40  G1-5  RAPID (RADIO ARRAY OF PORTABLE INTERFEROMETRIC DETECTORS)

Frank D. Lind*1, Colin J. Lonsdale1, Andrew J. Faulkner2, Paul Alexander2, Chris Mattmann3

1MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA
2University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
3Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA


15:20  G1-6  AN MF/HF ANTENNA ARRAY FOR IONOSPHERIC SOUNDING AND MEASUREMENT OF IONOSPHERIC RADIO EMISSIONS

Brett Isham*

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon, PR


15:40  G1-7  SATELLITE-BASED STUDIES OF THE IONOSPHERE USING MRM RADIO RECEIVERS

David M. Suszcynsky*1, William H. Atkins1, Zachary K. Baker1, Kalpak A. Dighe1, Mark E. Dunham1, Paul S. Graham1, Matthew J. Heavner1, John P. Layne1, Michael J. Pigue1, Heather M. Quinn1, David A. Smith1, Paul A. Bernhardt2

1Space & Remote Sensing Sciences Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
2Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC


16:00  G1-8  FIRST RESULTS FROM A COHERENT-SCATTER ATMOSPHERIC PASSIVE RADAR IMAGER (CAPRI) FOR PASSIVE RADIO SENSING OF EQUATORIAL PLASMA INSTABILITIES NEAR THE PERUVIAN ANDES

Burak Tuysuz*1, Julio Urbina1, Frank D. Lind2

1Electrical Engineering, Penn State University, University Park, PA
2Haystack Observatory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Westford, MA


16:20  G1-9  FIRST STEPS TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A COGNITIVE RADAR TO STUDY PLASMA INSTABILITIES NEAR THE PERUVIAN ANDES

Robert M. Sorbello1, Julio Urbina*1, Zach Stephens2

1Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2Electrical Engineering, Univerisity of Illinois, Champaign, IL


16:40  G1-10  SUBSTORM IMAGING AT 450 MHZ WITH THE ELECTRONICALLY STEERABLE POKER FLAT ISR

Joshua Semeter*1, Thomas Butler1, Michael Nicolls2, Craig Heinselman2

1Boston University, Boston, MA
2SRI International, Menlo Park, CA