Polar Experiment Network for Geophysical Upper-Atmosphere Investigations (PENGUIn)

用于地球物理高层大气研究的极地实验网络（PENGUIn）

• 批准号: 9818176
• 负责人: Theodore Rosenberg
• 金额: $ 146.6万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-08-01 至 2005-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9818176&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Polar; Experiment; Network; Geophysical; Upper

This proposed work concerns the continued operation of the Polar Experiment Network for Upper-atmosphere Investigations (PENGUIn) in Antarctica. The network consists of six automatic geophysical observatories located in the antarctic interior, that make measurements of ionospheric and magnetospheric processes that result from the effects of the sun. They are located along two meridional lines approximately 1.6 hours apart in magnetic local time. Although data is collected year-round, the data is retrieved by visiting each station during the austral summer season. The British Antarctic Survey and the Australian Antarctic Program operate several similar observatories and cooperate in the data management and analysis. The instruments in each observatory include optical and radio wave imagers, magnetometers, and wide-band and narrow-band radio receivers. The network supports an active research program in the coupling of the solar wind to ionospheric and magnetospheric processes, emphasizing polar cap dynamics, substorm phenomena, and space weather. Nine institutions are directly involved in acquiring the data, carrying out the proposed research, and making the data available for further use by other scientists.

这项拟议的工作涉及南极洲高层大气调查极地实验网络的继续运作。 该网络由位于南极内陆的六个自动地球物理观测台组成，它们对太阳效应引起的电离层和磁层过程进行测量。 它们位于沿着两条磁纬向线上，在当地地磁时间上相隔约1.6小时。 虽然数据是全年收集的，但数据是通过在南方夏季访问每个站来检索的。 英国南极调查局和澳大利亚南极计划管理着几个类似的观测站，并在数据管理和分析方面进行合作。每个观测站的仪器包括光学和无线电波成像仪、磁力计以及宽带和窄带无线电接收器。 该网络支持一个关于太阳风与电离层和磁层过程耦合的积极研究方案，重点是极冠动力学、亚暴现象和空间天气。 九个机构直接参与获取数据，开展拟议的研究，并提供数据供其他科学家进一步使用。