Upper Atmosphere Remote Sensing
Lab
The Upper Atmosphere
Remote Sensing Lab is part of the William B. Hanson Center for
Space Sciences (CSS) of the University of Texas at Dallas (UT
Dallas). The laboratory is a new research initiative lead by Dr. Fabiano Rodrigues who joined
the CSS and the Dept of Physics at UTD as an Assistant
Professor during the summer of 2012.
- Ionospheric variability and electrodynamics
- Ionospheric irregularities
- Development and improvement of techniques for remote sensing of the upper atmosphere
- Effects of the upper atmosphere on technological systems
such as GPS
Members of the lab are involved with the design of
experiments, processing/analysis of measurements, and
interpretation of different types of observations made by
ground-based and space-based instrumentation for remote
sensing of the upper atmosphere. Our observations and analyses
are used for a better understanding and specification of the
dynamics of the upper atmosphere, particularly, the
ionosphere. We are also interested in numerical simulations of
the thermosphere/ionosphere. These simulations can help us
better understand some of our observations and physical
processes taking place in the upper atmosphere.
The research conducted in the lab is collaborative, and uses
instrumentation and observations made at major national and
international research facilities such as the Arecibo
Observatory in Puerto Rico, the Jicamarca Radio Observatory in
Peru, and the Sao Luis Observatory in Brazil. The lab is also
involved in the deployment and operation of instrumentation
and new observational facilities.
Left: The antenna array of the Jicamarca incoherent scatter
radar in Peru.
Right: An aerial view of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto
Rico.
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