All-Sky Camera Studies of the Aurora Australis

全天相机对澳大利亚极光的研究

• 批准号: 9119382
• 负责人: Frank Berkey
• 金额: $ 12.15万
• 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: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-03-15 至 1996-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9119382&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Sky; Camera; Studies; Aurora; Australis

This grant provides support for the operation, and analysis of data from, an all-sky camera (ASC) at South Pole. The pictures from the ASC are important for many auroral investigations, both to provide auroral morphology and to estimate sky cloud cover. Even though the 35 mm film is analogue in nature, and therefore somewhat qualitative, more quantitative information will be provided by digitizing some of the film on sophisticated optical devices at other laboratories. The same grant provides support for the operation of an ionosonde. These instruments are important for determining the ionospheric "weather", and should be operated on a continuing basis just as the tropospheric weather is recorded on a regular basis by the station Meteorology Department.

这笔赠款提供了支持的运作，和分析数据 来自南极的全天空相机（ASC）。 照片来自 ASC对许多极光调查都很重要， 极光形态和估计天空云层覆盖。 即使 35毫米胶片在本质上是模拟，因此 将通过以下方式提供定性、定量信息： 在精密的光学设备上将一些胶片数字化， 其他实验室。 同一笔赠款还为下列机构提供支助： 电离层探测仪的操作。 这些仪器对于确定电离层的 “天气”，并应在持续的基础上运作，就像 气象站定期记录对流层天气 气象部门。