Operation of the Alaska-Canada High-Latitude Magnetometer Chain

这一奖项将使阿拉斯加-加拿大磁强计和磁强计子午线链继续运作，作为继续研究高纬度地磁现象的工具和空间物理界的遥感设施。 自20世纪50年代以来，该链为研究提供了几乎连续的数据库。 来自各个站点的数据以接近真实的时间返回诺阿空间环境实验室，供公众使用和分发。 这些数据用于研究磁层过程，包括亚暴、对流模式、电离层电流、地磁脉动和极尖。 这些数据还用于支持需要空间环境总体状况信息的火箭和卫星实验。 研究人员将继续运营该链，向数据中心提供数据，并对地磁过程进行科学研究。 将购买三个GOES无线电发射机，以便将数据从远程站点实时传输到位于科罗拉多博尔德的空间环境中心。

This award will continue the operation of the Alaska-Canada meridian chain of magnetomers and riometers as a tool for the continued investigation of high latitude geomagnetic phenomena and as a remote sensing facilty for the space physics community. The chain has provided a virtually continuous data base for study since the 1950's. Data from the various sites are returned in near real time to the NOAA Space Environment Laboratory where it is available for public use and distribution. The data are used to study magnetospheric processes, including substorms, convection patterns, ionospheric currents, geomagnetic pulsations and the polar cusp. The data are also used to support rocket and satellite experiments that require information about the overall conditions in the space environment. The investigators will continue to operate the chain, provide data to the data center, and conduct scientific studies of geomagnetic processes. Three GOES radio transmitters will be purchased to allow real-time transmission of data from the remote sites to the Space Environment Center in Boulder, Colorado.