Wind and Wave Patterns in the Earth's Ionosphere

地球电离层中的风和波浪模式

• 批准号: 0551107
• 负责人: Michael Kelley
• 金额: $ 82.15万
• 依托单位: Cornell University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-11-15 至 2013-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0551107&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Wind; Wave; Patterns; Earth; Ionosphere

The complex dynamic and electrodynamic interactions of the ionosphere, neutral atmosphere, and solar wind are untangled in the context of five specific initiatives. First, the hypothesis that discrepancies between the subauroral electrics fields measured at the Millstone Hill Incoherent Scatter Radar (ISR) site and at San Santin, France is caused by a flywheel mechanism is investigated using measurements from two Fabry-Perot interferometers and two all-sky cameras at Millstone Hill. Second, a new technique to derive electron density and temperature using ISR plasma line and gyro line measurements is implemented and tested using data from the Sondrestromfjord, Greenland ISR. Third, molecular ion models are used to estimate the molecular population to be included in ISR spectral fitting, resulting in improved ion and electron temperature determination. Fourth, a technique to assemble a real-time measure of the equatorial electrical field around the globe is applied with the intention of predicting F-region ionospheric irregularities collectively known as equatorial spread-F. Fifth, two all-sky cameras are positioned at Cerro Tololo, Chile and at Huancayo, Peru for the purpose of capturing plasma bubble structure and morphology using a stereo view.

电离层、中性大气和太阳风之间复杂的动力学和电动力学相互作用在五个具体倡议的背景下被解开。首先，利用米尔斯通山的两个法布里-珀罗涉仪和两个全天相机的测量结果，研究了在米尔斯通山非相干散射雷达(ISR)站点和法国圣圣蒂恩测量的亚极光电场之间的差异是由飞轮机制造成的假设。其次，利用格陵兰ISR的Sondrestromfjord的数据，实现了一种使用ISR等离子体线和陀螺线测量来获得电子密度和温度的新技术，并对其进行了测试。第三，分子离子模型被用来估计要包含在ISR光谱拟合中的分子布居，从而改进了离子和电子温度的测定。第四，应用了一种组合全球赤道电场实时测量的技术，目的是预测统称为赤道扩展-F的F区电离层不规则性。第五，在智利的Cerro Tololo和秘鲁的Huancayo安装了两台全天相机，目的是使用立体视图捕捉等离子体气泡的结构和形态。