The Esrange MST Radar (ESRAD) is a ground-based, mesosphere-stratosphere-troposphere (MST) radar located at Esrange, Sweden. It was designed to provide details about atmospheric winds and turbulence from the troposphere to the mesosphere. ESRAD measures radar backscatter at 52 MHz, which can be used to retrieve profiles of turbulence, vertical wind, and wind speed/direction. ESRAD can sample heights from 100 m to 128 km and has a range resolution of 75 m to 3 km. A typical cycle takes about 1 to 2 minutes in each scanning mode.
Instrument Details
- Radar
- Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Radar BackscatterEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind ProfilesEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Profiles > Wind Velocity/speed ProfilesEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Profiles > Wind Direction ProfilesEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Dynamics > Vertical Wind Velocity/speedEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > RadarEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Dynamics > Turbulence
- Full Column Profile
- 1-2 min
- 75m-3km
- 52 MHz
- Currently unavailble
Sheila Kirkwood
Sheila Kirkwood
Swedish Institute of Space Physics
Swedish Space Corporation, Swedish Natural Science Research Council
data center outside NASA
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