Spectroscopic and Interferometric Studies of Airglow and Auroral Processes in the Antarctic Upper Atmosphere Over theSouth Pole Station

这笔赠款提供资金，继续进行测量， 南极洲南极站上空的气辉和极光。 有 几种仪器（迈克尔逊干涉仪，扫描近， 红外光度计、四通道光度计和Ebert-Fastie光度计 分光光度计）产生红外和可见光谱 几种大气物质（氧、氮和羟基 radical）。 这些测量结果被用来推断中间层 风和温度，行星波活动和能量， 产生极光的沉淀电子。 这项研究是由本科院校进行的。

This grant provides the funds to continue to make measurements of airglow and aurora above South Pole Station, Antarctica. There are several instruments (Michelson interferometer, a scanning near- infrared photometer, a four-channel photometer and an Ebert-Fastie spectrophotometer) which produce infrared and visible spectral of several atmospheric species (oxygen, nitrogen and the hydroxyl radical). These measurements are used to deduce the mesospheric winds and temperature, planetary wave activity and the energy of the precipitating electrons which cause the aurora. This research is being done by undergraduate institution.