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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
> 
> Michael Adams
> Alias: Morgoth/Ghost Wheel 
> nsmca@acad3.alaska.edu

    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.

    Nearby related facilities (the Poker Flat research range?) were used to
launch rockets for mesospheric research, and track balloons to 30km for wind
profiles.

    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.

    Also, I think I recall GI getting money from congress to build
a high latitude radar for ionospheric research.

    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.

Steve