Coordinated Imaging and Incoherent Scatter Radar for Ionospheric Research

在之前的一次拨款中，PI开发了一种非常灵敏的全天相机，用于对夜空中选定的微弱辐射进行成像，这些辐射揭示了高层大气中的重要过程。开发这台相机是为了支持雪松倡议，该倡议旨在更好地了解大气反应的耦合、能量学和动力学。雪松I级成像系统现在是一个完全运行的系统，位于马萨诸塞州韦斯特福德的米尔斯通山雷达/干草堆天文台综合体。图像增强的电荷耦合器件成像系统将每月运行15个晚上，汇编一个包含丰富的亚极光电离层的多波长数据库。其中包括使用通过其他方法获得的数据集在赤道大气方面所做的一小部分工作。所有这些研究都融合了光学、非相干散射雷达以及与雪松运动科学目标一致的其他无线电和卫星观测。制造一台I类成像光谱仪和研究一种用于成像的新型CCD探测器是该计划的主要仪器组成部分。

Under a previous grant, the PI developed a very sensitive all-sky camera for imaging selected faint emissions from the night sky that reveal important processes in the upper atmosphere. This camera was developed to support the CEDAR initiative aimed at better understanding the coupling, energetics and dynamics of atmosphere retions. The CEDAR Class-I Imaging System is now a fully-operational system located on the Millstone Hill Radar/Haystack Observatory complex in Westford, MA. The image- intensified CCD imaging system will operate 15 nights/month compiling a multi-wavelength database containing a rich variety of sub-auroral ionosphere. A small effort in equatorial aeronomy using data sets obtained by other means is included. All of these studies merge optical, incoherent scatter radar and other radio and satellite observations consistent with CEDAR campaign science objectives. Fabrication of a Class-I imaging spectrograph and investigation of a new CCD detector for imaging are the major instrumentation components of the program.