Coordinated Imaging and Incoherent Scatter Radar for Ionospheric Research

在先前的拨款下，PI开发了一种非常灵敏的全天候相机，用于从夜空中选择微弱的辐射成像，揭示高层大气中的重要过程。这台相机是为了支持旨在更好地理解大气反应的耦合、能量学和动力学的CEDAR计划而开发的。CEDAR i类成像系统现在是一个完全可操作的系统，位于马萨诸塞州韦斯特福德的Millstone Hill雷达/Haystack天文台综合体。图像增强CCD成像系统将每月运行15个晚上，编制一个包含丰富的亚极光电离层的多波长数据库。一个小的努力在赤道航空使用数据集获得其他手段包括在内。所有这些研究都融合了光学、非相干散射雷达和其他与雪松运动科学目标一致的无线电和卫星观测。一级成像光谱仪的制造和新型CCD成像探测器的研究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.