Wind and Wave Patterns in the Earth's Ionosphere

首席研究员和他的研究生为研究中纬度电离层开发了有价值的硬件和软件工具。硬件工具包括一个冷却的CCD成像器，能够对五种不同的过滤排放进行连续曝光。该系统可通过互联网进行远程操作，并已通过对气辉数据的分析和解释，在平静和活跃时期提供了对该区域结构的新见解。其他软件工具促进了对全球定位系统数据的分析，包括验证从数据流中确定TEC绝对值的方法，以及数据处理和显示软件，这使得与其他数据集的比较更加直接。这项更新建议的目的是，通过与阿雷西博雷达和加勒比地区其他对科学研究感兴趣的小组规划和执行同时观测活动，以及验证TEC方法、航天器仪器校准和层析成像工作，在此基础上再接再厉。除了成像仪和GPS方面，PI还将通过及时撰写观察建议并协调各小组，确保阿雷西博雷达有时间用于战役。此外，他还将在及时解释和公布数据集方面发挥领导作用。在这项提议的任期内，他还将探索在其他地点开展短期活动的机会，以解决具体问题或扩大特定现象的空间覆盖面。

ATM-0000196Kelley, MichaelThe Principal Investigator and his graduate students have developed valuable hardware and software tools for the study of the mid-latitude ionosphere. The hardware tools include a cooled CCD Imager capable of making sequential exposures of five different filtered emissions. The system can be remotely operated via the Internet and has already provided new insights into the structure of the region, during both quiet and active times, through analysis and interpretation of the airglow data. Additional software tools facilitate the analysis of GPS data, including validation of methods for determining the absolute TEC from the data stream, as well as data processing and display software, which make comparisons with other data sets much more straightforward.The purpose of this renewal proposal is to build on this developed expertise by planning and excuting simultaneous observation campaigns with the Arecibo Radar and with other groups interested in the Caribbean sector for scientific studies, as well as validation of TEC methods, spacecraft instrument calibration and tomographic work. In addition to the imager and GPS aspects, the PI will assure that Arecibo Radar time is available for the campaigns by writing observing proposals on a timely basis and coordinating the various groups. In addition, he will take a leadership role in interpreting and publishing the data sets on a timely basis. During the tenure of this proposal, he will also explore opportunities for short campaigns in other locations for the purpose of solving specific problems or extending the spatial coverage of a particular phenonmenon.