CEDAR: Simultaneous Digital Ionosonde and Mapping Tilting Filter Photometer Studies of the Precipitation of Conjugate Photoelectrons into the Mid-latitude Winter Thermosphere

研究人员将结合联合收割机测量的原子氧排放在黄昏与数字电离层探测仪测量，研究在即将到来的太阳极大期期间，太阳和地磁活动的变化，沉淀共轭光电子的响应，并比较结果与预测从场对准半球间等离子体（FLIP）模型。 观测包括在克莱姆森大气研究实验室两个冬天对630和844.6 nm原子氧气辉发射率的光度测量。 由共轭光电子碰撞引起的630 nm处的发射率通过从光度计观测值中减去局部发射的模型估计值来确定。 这些结果和观测到的844.6 nm发射将与FLIP预测的夜光增强共轭光电子通量。 这些结果将提供洞察力的透明度与纬度或经度或太阳和地磁活动的变化可能的等离子体变化。

Meriwether, John W.ATM9979268absThe investigators will combine measurements of atomic oxygen emissions during twilight with digital ionosonde measurements to study the response of precipitating conjugate photoelectrons to variations in solar and geomagnetic activity during the upcoming solar maximum period, and to compare the results with predictions from the Field-aligned Interhemispheric Plasma (FLIP) model. The observations consist of photometric measurements of the 630 and 844.6 nm atomic oxygen airglow emission rates over two winters at the Clemson Atmospheric Research Laboratory. The emission rate at 630 nm caused by conjugate photoelectron impact is determined by subtraction of the model estimate for the local emission from the photometer observations. These results and the observed 844.6 nm emissions would be compared with the FLIP predictions of nightglow enhancements generated by conjugate photoelectron fluxes. These results would provide insight as to possible plasmasphere variations of transparency with latitude or longitude or with changes in solar and geomagnetic activity.