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- Subject: Poker Flat
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- Date: 3 Jan 93 19:14:19 GMT
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- > Does anyone know anything about "Poker Flats" in Alaska..
- > Up near Fairbanks, AK.. If I remember right it is run by the
- > University of Alaska Fairbanks.. Mostly does atmospheric (northern lights, et
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- > Michael Adams
- > Alias: Morgoth/Ghost Wheel
- > nsmca@acad3.alaska.edu
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- This is rather dated information but...10 years ago the University of
- Alaska's Geophysical Institute operated the Poker Flat MST Radar. It was
- used to study tropospheric and stratospheric (below about 30 km) atmospheric
- turbulence, winds, and waves, as well as mesospheric (around 85 km) echoes.
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- Nearby related facilities (the Poker Flat research range?) were used to
- launch rockets for mesospheric research, and track balloons to 30km for wind
- profiles.
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- More recently they have been involved in 'active' experiments using
- rockets to release chemicals perturbing (temporarily and locally!) electron
- and ion concentrations in the ionosphere.
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- Also, I think I recall GI getting money from congress to build
- a high latitude radar for ionospheric research.
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- Anyway, I'm sure GI would be happy to send you a glossy brochure if you
- write to them (Geophysical Institute, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99701)
- and I think they also have a quasi-periodic newsletter.
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- Steve
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