Simultaneous Photometric and Imaging Studies of Wave Propagation in Four Atmospheric Layers

中层和较低热层水平(80至120公里高度)的大气持续受到通过该区域的波的扰动，包括来自对流层的日潮和半日潮、行星波和重力波，这些波以指数增加的幅度向上传播，因为大气密度随高度指数下降。波的活动影响在该区域的几个层中产生气辉的化学反应，并且可以研究波的特性(波长、传播方向、幅度等)。有时，通过使用测光仪和奥尔斯基成像相机对夜间气辉排放的地面观测来推断来源。这一奖项是为了在本科机构与其他机构的研究人员合作，使用补充的无线电和光学设备，启动这样的观测项目。对本科生进行大气科学方面的培训，以及激发他们对可能的研究生涯的兴趣，都是这项活动的额外好处。

The atmosphere at mesospheric and lower thermospheric levels (80 to 120 km altitude) is continually subject to the disturbance of waves passing through the region, including diurnal and semidiurnal tides, planetary waves, and gravity waves originating at tropospheric levels which propagate upward with exponentially increasing amplitude, as the atmospheric density exponentially decreases with height. The wave activity affects the chemical reactions producing airglow in several layers in the region, and it is possible to study the wave properties (wavelength, direction of propagation, amplitude, etc.) and sometimes infer sources, by ground based observations of the airglow emissions at night using photometers and allsky imaging cameras. This award is to initiate a program of such observations at an undergraduate institution, in cooperation with researchers at other institutions using complementary radio and optical equipment. The training of undergraduate students in atmospheric science, and the arousal of their interest in a possible research career, are added benefits of the activity.