All-Sky Camera Studies of the Aurora Australis

这笔拨款为南极的一台全天候照相机（ASC）的操作和数据分析提供支持。来自ASC的图片对许多极光研究都很重要，既可以提供极光形态，也可以估计天空云量。尽管35毫米胶片本质上是模拟的，因此在某种程度上是定性的，但通过在其他实验室的复杂光学设备上对一些胶片进行数字化，将提供更多的定量信息。同样的拨款还用于离子探空仪的运行。这些仪器对于确定电离层的“天气”是很重要的，应该像台站气象部定期记录对流层的天气一样，持续地进行操作。

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.