Collaborative Research: Studies of Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling and Space Weather Using the Magnetometer Array for Cusp and Cleft Studies (MACCS)

该项目将运行尖端和裂缝研究磁力计阵列（MACCS）。这些磁力计为研究高海拔电离层电流提供了重要的基础设施，在高海拔地区，能量从磁层和太阳风耦合到电离层。除了继续运行MACCS磁力计外，该项目还将通过提供从磁力计站点到奥格斯堡学院计算机系统的卫星通信来增强系统，在那里进行初步数据处理。还将维持一个网站，以便向空间物理界免费提供这些数据。研究课题包括电离层对流对行星际磁场（IMF）变化的响应、行对流涡旋以及各种超低频（ULF）波和脉动现象。

This project will operate the Magnetometer Array for Cusp and Cleft Studies (MACCS). These magnetometers provide important infrastructure for studying ionospheric currents at high altitudes where energy is coupled to the ionosphere from the magnetosphere and solar wind. In addition to the continued operation of the MACCS magnetometers, this project will enhance the system by providing for satellite-based communications from the magnetometer sites to the Augsburg College computer system where the preliminary data processing is done. A web site will also be maintained to provide free access to the data to the space physics community. Research topics that will be undertaken include studies of the response of ionospheric convection to changes in the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), traveling convection vortices, and a variety of Ultra-Low-Frequency (ULF) wave and pulsation phenomena.