CEDAR: Bear Lake Observatory--A Mid-Latitude CEDAR Facility for Middle and Upper Atmosphere Studies

可以在熊湖观测站进行的中上层大气观测对于研究大气层不同区域之间的耦合的Cedar目标至关重要。与极光带和极冠或赤道区域的观测相比，中纬度观测提供了非常不同的耦合视角。有两类问题特别适合从中纬度站点进行研究，而BLO正在研究这两类问题。第一个研究磁层过程影响最小的大气过程。另一项研究是磁层影响向中纬度地区的扩展，这可能是由于极光区域向赤道扩展或环电流效应向极地扩展而产生的。

The observations of the middle and upper atmosphere that can be made at Bear Lake Observatory are vital to the CEDAR objectives of studying coupling among different regions of the atmosphere. Mid-latitude observations provide a very different perspective of coupling compared to those made in the auroral zone and polar cap or in the equatorial region. There are two categories of problems that are particularly amenable to study from a mid-latitude site, and these are being pursued from BLO. The first studies atmospheric processes where the influence of magnetospheric processes are minimal. The other studies extensions of magnetospheric influences into the mid-latitude region, which may occur from an expansion of the auroral region towards the equator or from enhancements of ring-current effects extending poleward.