Collaborative Research: PENGUIn - A High-Latitude Window to Geospace Dynamics

合作研究：PENGUIn——地球空间动力学的高纬度窗口

• 批准号: 0840158
• 负责人: Allan Weatherwax
• 金额: $ 204.25万
• 依托单位: Siena College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0840158&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; PENGUIn; Latitude; Window

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The PENGUIn team will continue investigating in depth a multi-scale electrodynamic system that comprises space environment of Planet Earth (geospace). Several science topics important to the space physics and aeronomy are outlines in this proposal that can be broadly categorized as the following objectives: (a) to study reconnection and waves in the southern cusp region; (b) to investigate unraveling global geomagnetic substorm signatures; (c) to understand the dayside wave-particle interactions; and (d) to observe and investigate various polar cap phenomena and neutral atmosphere dynamics. Cutting-edge science on these critical topics will be accomplished by acquiring multi-instrument data from a distributed network of autonomous observatories in Antarctica, built and deployed with the matured technological achievements. In the last several years, advances in power supply systems and Iridium data transmission for the Automatic Geophysical Observatories (AGOs) have proven effective for providing real-time geophysical data reliably. Five AGOs that span from the auroral zone to deep in the polar cap will be maintained providing a wealth of data for science analyses. Additional instrumentation as GPS-based receivers measuring total electron content in the ionosphere will be deployed at AGOs. These scientific investigations will be enriched by complementary measurements from manned stations in the Antarctic, from magnetically conjugate regions in the Arctic, and from a fleet of magnetospheric and ionospheric spacecraft. Continued reliance on students provides a broader impact to this proposed research and firmly grounds this effort in its educational mission.

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏与再投资法》（公法111-5）资助的。企鹅团队将继续深入研究一个多尺度的电动力系统，该系统包括地球（Geospace）的空间环境。该提案中的一些科学主题对太空物理和空气的重要性是概述，这些主题可以广泛地归类为以下目标：（a）研究南部海峡地区的重新连接和波浪； （b）调查揭开全球地磁体质特征的揭开； （c）了解时代波颗粒相互作用； （d）观察和研究各种极性帽现象和中性大气动力学。这些关键主题的尖端科学将通过从南极的自主观测站的分布式网络中获取多功能网络来完成，并以成熟的技术成就构建和部署。在过去的几年中，事实证明，自动地球物理观测值（AGO）的电源系统和虹膜数据传输的进展已被证明有效地可靠地提供实时地球物理数据。从极光区到极性盖的深处的五个AGO将保留为科学分析提供大量数据。额外的仪器作为基于GPS的接收器，测量电离层中总电子含量的接收器将在AGO中部署。这些科学研究将通过来自南极的载人站的互补测量，北极的磁结合区，以及磁层和电离层航天器的机队的互补测量。继续依赖学生对这项拟议的研究产生了更广泛的影响，并在其教育任务中坚定了这一努力。