CEDAR: Early Polar Cap Observatory (ESU 93-13)

极帽天文台(PCO)被认为是在理解太阳对地球大气结构和动力学的影响方面继续取得进展的关键。成立专员公署的重要第一步是在加拿大西北地区的索鲁特湾发展基础设施，并在索鲁特湾进行初步的科学调查。私人机构督导计划建议提供所需的基础设施，以展开早期的公共货物管制计划(EPCO)阶段。这包括一座带有实验室空间、光学穹顶和生活区的建筑，以及道路建设和电力线安装。PI还将为初步科学调查提供一个间隔接收器闪烁探测器和电离层漂移监测器以及一个频率捷变雷达。这些研究将集中在极冠E场、等离子体结构、极帽极光弧和极地中间层回波。此外，拟议的基础设施将能够支持其他研究人员提议的仪器，其中可能包括光谱仪、干涉仪、光度计、磁力计、数字探空仪、里程计、中频雷达、ST雷达等。

The Polar Cap Observatory (PCO) is considered essential for continued progress in understanding the Sun's influence on the structure and dynamics of our planet's atmosphere. An essential first step to the establishment of the PCO is the development of infrastructure in Resolute Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada, and to conduct preliminary scientific investigations in Resolute Bay. The PIs propose to provide the necessary infrastructure to begin the Early PCO (EPCO) phase. This includes a building with laboratory space, optical domes and living quarters, along with road construction and installation of power lines. The PI will also provide a spaced-receiver scintillation detector and ionospheric drift monitor and a frequency-agile radar for preliminary scientific investigations. These investigations will focus on polar cap E fields, plasma structure, polar cap auroral arcs, and polar mesospheric echoes. In addition, the proposed infrastructure would be capable of supporting instruments proposed by other researchers that might include a spectrometer, interferometer, photometer, magnetometer, digisonde, riometer, MF radar, ST radar, and others.