U.S. Australia Cooperative Research: Fabry-Perot Spectroscopy of Airglow Emissions

该奖项将支持俄勒冈州立大学物理系的Clifford Fairchild博士对澳大利亚进行为期三个月的访问，在那里他将与拉特罗布大学的Peter Dyson博士合作，研究南半球气辉发射的法布里-佩罗光谱（FPS）。气辉的FPS结果被用来确定地球上层大气中中性原子和分子的风和温度。戴森博士目前负责监督澳大利亚维多利亚州贝弗里奇和莫森澳大利亚南极站的FPS气辉观测站的运作。费尔柴尔德博士是这两个天文台持续改进和设备现代化的主要参与者。来自贝弗里奇和莫森FPS气辉天文台的数据为提高对全球大气动力学和变化的认识和理解的全球计划提供了重要贡献。目前的合作重点是为贝弗里奇公司开发全自动FPS气辉设备。一旦得到证实，所开发的技术也将用于莫森天文台的自动化。

This award will support a three-month visit by Dr. Clifford Fairchild of the Department of Physics, Oregon State University, to Australia where he will participate in collaborative work with Dr. Peter Dyson of La Trobe University on Fabry-Perot spectroscopy (FPS) of airglow emissions in the southern hemisphere. Results of the FPS of airglow are used to determine winds and temperatures of neutral atoms and molecules in the Earth's upper atmosphere. Dr. Dyson currently supervises the operation of FPS airglow observatories at Beveridge, Victoria, Australia and at the Australian Antarctic station at Mawson. Dr. Fairchild is a major participant in ongoing improvements and modernization of equipment at these two observatories. Data from the Beveridge and Mawson FPS airglow observatories provide important contributions to a worldwide program for improved knowledge and understanding of global atmospheric dynamics and change. The current collaboration focuses on the development of a fully automated FPS airglow facility for Beveridge. Once proven, the techniques developed will also be used to automate the Mawson observatory.