Although discovered more than 40 years ago [Balsley, 1964], there is still no physical mechanism that explains the occurrence of coherent echoes from altitudes around 150 kms (the so called 150-km echoes). East-West oblique beam [Fawcett, 1999] as well as wide beam imaging observations at Jicamarca, ...

In this poster the initial design of a new software interface to control the novel ethernet based radar acquisition system JARS 2.0 of the Jicamarca Radio Observatory is presented. This interface will be implemented using the open-source software development toolkit GNU Radio; which besides controlling ...

Outline: • Space Weather and Equatorial Aeronomy • Clustered Instruments ▫ Incoherent and Coherent Scatter Radars ▫ LISN ▫ Magnetometers ▫ Optical Instruments ▫ Solar and Astronomical Instruments • Equatorial and Low latitude Ionospheric Effects due to Planetary Wave Atmospheric forcing.

In this presentation, Dr. Marco Milla, director of the Jicamarca Radio Observatory, explained the state of the Jicamarca radar and the progress in the improvements that will be implemented to increase its capabilities. This seeks to develop new experiments and attract new users for the radar.

Diapositivas presentadas en: ISEA 12 - 12th International Symposium on Equatorial Aeronomy, May 18-24, 2008. Crete, Greece.