State-of-the-Art Lidar Observatory for Studies of the MiddleAtmosphere

最先进的中层大气激光雷达天文台

• 批准号: 9413909
• 负责人: Vincent Wickwar
• 金额: $ 22.53万
• 依托单位: Utah State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-09-15 至 1999-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9413909&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: State; Art; Lidar; Observatory; Studies

This is an Academic Research Infrastructure project to upgrade an existing lidar system at Utah State University (USU). It is a collaborative effort that includes investigators from USU, the University of Maryland, Clemson University, the University of Pittsburgh, and University College London. The lidar system provides measurements from which continuous profiles of atmospheric temperatures, densities and winds can be derived. The results will be used to study the transport of energy and momentum from the lower atmosphere to the mesosphere and lower thermosphere. The continuous observations over a long period of time will shed light on climatological questions relating to global change. The upgrade to the lidar system will increase the sensitivity of the instrument by about a factor of thirty. This is to be accomplished by constructing a telescope with a collecting area of 5 square meters. The project includes the construction of a building to house the lidar on the top of the Science and Engineering Building at USU. After the upgrade the lidar system will be one of the most powerful of its kind in the world. The data will be made available to atmospheric scientists and students.

这是一个学术研究基础设施项目，旨在升级犹他州州立大学（USU）现有的激光雷达系统。 这是一项合作努力，包括来自USU，马里兰州大学，克莱姆森大学，匹兹堡大学和伦敦大学学院的研究人员。 激光雷达系统提供测量数据， 温度、密度和风的数据。 其结果将用于研究能量和动量从低层大气向中间层和低热层的传输。 长时间的连续观测将揭示与全球变化有关的气候学问题。 激光雷达系统的升级将使仪器的灵敏度提高约30倍。 这将通过建造一个收集面积为5平方米的望远镜来实现。 该项目包括在USU的科学和工程大楼顶部建造一座用于容纳激光雷达的建筑。 升级后的激光雷达系统将成为世界上同类系统中最强大的系统之一。 这些数据将提供给大气科学家和学生。