Antarctic Neutral Thermospheric and Mesospheric Dynamics and Thermodynamics

这项工作将开发一台近乎全自动的法布里-珀罗涉仪，并利用它来测量南极上空热层和中层大气区域的风和温度。这些数据将极大地补充其他南极仪器和新的哈雷站雷达获得的数据。这对新的NSF倡议雪松也将是重要的，该倡议解决了全球大气动力学问题。来自阿拉斯加大学校园的提议者和客座调查人员将使用卫星中继远程控制自动化的FP I。正常运行将要求南极工作人员只按不频繁的时间表更换数据存储介质。提倡者和他的合作研究人员是大气动力学和光学领域的领导者，可以预期他们会做得很好。有关机构的设施十分充足。由于所涉仪器的开发，极地行动科将提供部分资金。该方案建议按修订后的水平提供资金，为期三年。

This work will undertake the development of a nearly fully automated Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FPI) and to employ it to measure the winds and temperatures of the thermospheric and mesopheric regions of the atmosphere over the South Pole. The data will greatly complement those obtained by other South Pole instrumentation and the new Halley Station radar. It will also be important to the new NSF initiative CEDAR, which addresses global atmospheric dynamics. The automated FPI will be remotely commanded by the proposer and guest investigators from the University of Alaska campus using satellite relay. Normal operation will require that the South Pole staff only change the data storage medium on an infrequent schedule. The proposer and his co-investigators are leaders in atmospheric dynamics and optics and can be expected to do an excellent job. The facilities of the institutions involved are more than adequate. Due to the instrument development involved partial funding is being provided by the Polar Operations Section. The Program recommends funding at the revised level for three years.