A Global Study of Meridional Winds in the Thermosphere

热层经向风的全球研究

• 批准号: 8715367
• 负责人: Kent Miller
• 金额: $ 11.95万
• 依托单位: Utah State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-03-15 至 1990-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8715367&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Global; Study; Meridional; Winds; Thermosphere

This proposal is a joint submission from Utah State University and the University of Alabama in Huntsville for the application of a new technique developed under previous NSF support to determine neutral meridional thermospheric winds from ground based measurements of the height of the ionospheric F2 layer. The knowledge of the global wind system in the upper atmosphere is basic to understanding the transport of heat and minor chemical constituents from high latitudes to low and from dayside to nightside, and for predicting the propagation characteristics of the ionosphere for radio waves and microwave communication with spacecraft. The combination of resources and skills from the two institutions will lead to a particularly strong study.

该提案是犹他州立大学和位于亨茨维尔的阿拉巴马大学联合提交的提案，旨在应用在先前 NSF 支持下开发的新技术，通过电离层 F2 层高度的地面测量来确定中性经向热层风。 关于高层大气中的全球风系统的知识对于了解热量和微量化学成分从高纬度到低纬度以及从白天到夜间的传输以及预测无线电波和与航天器的微波通信的电离层的传播特性是基础。 两个机构的资源和技能的结合将带来特别有力的研究。