The Midnight Temperature Maximum: New Studies of Ion-Neutral Coupling at Low Latitudes with a State-of-the-Art FPI, All Sky Imaging, the Arecibo ISR, and NCAR/TIEGCM Modeling

午夜最高温度：利用最先进的 FPI、全天空成像、阿雷西博 ISR 和 NCAR/TIEGCM 建模对低纬度离子中性耦合进行新研究

• 批准号: 0403786
• 负责人: John Meriwether
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Clemson University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-07-01 至 2008-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0403786&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Midnight; Temperature; Maximum; New; Studies

A novel but technologically demonstrated Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) is applied to 630 nm observations. These observations bring the order-of-magnitude sensitivity required to untangle the long-standing mystery of the thermospheric dynamics producing the midnight temperature maximum (MTM). The Fabry-Perot is first fielded at the Arecibo Observatory to simultaneously apply the nested diagnostics of the incoherent scatter radar and all-sky imaging to resolution of the MTM dynamical source. Subsequently, the instrument is moved to Argentina to fill a gap in the growing chain of optical instruments for aeronomy research in South America.

一种新的，但技术证明法布里-珀罗干涉仪（FPI）适用于630 nm的观测。 这些观测带来了解开长期以来产生午夜最高温度（MTM）的热层动力学之谜所需的数量级灵敏度。 Fabry-Perot首先在阿雷西博天文台部署，同时应用非相干散射雷达和全天空成像的嵌套诊断来解析MTM动力源。 随后，该仪器被转移到阿根廷，以填补南美洲不断增长的高空大气研究光学仪器链中的一个空白。