MELISSA

MELISSA (Measurements of Equatorial and Low-latitude ionospheric Irregularities over Sao Luis, South America) is a 30 MHz coherent backscatter radar interferometer that operated in Sao Luis, Brazil. It was designed, built, and operated as a scientific collaboration between UT Dallas, the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research – INPE and the Jicamarca Radio Observatory.

A description of the system and examples of pre- and post-midnight F-region observations are provided in this article:

• Rodrigues, F. S., Zhan, W., Milla, M. A., Fejer, B. G., de Paula, E. R., Neto, A. C., et al. (2019), MELISSA: System description and spectral features of pre- and post-midnight F-region echoes. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics Space Physics, 124, 10482–10496. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA027445.