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: 0840398
• 负责人: Stephen Mende
• 金额: $ 15.12万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 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 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0840398&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《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)提供资金的。企鹅号团队将继续深入研究组成地球(地球空间)空间环境的多尺度电动系统。这一提议概述了对于空间物理学和大气学很重要的几个科学专题，这些专题可大致归类为以下目标：(A)研究南尖区的重联和波；(B)调查正在解体的全球地磁亚暴特征；(C)了解白天波-粒子相互作用；以及(D)观测和调查各种极冠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洲自主天文台的分布式网络获取多台仪器数据来完成，该网络与成熟的技术成果一起建造和部署。在过去的几年中，自动地球物理观测站(AGOS)的供电系统和Ir数据传输的进步已被证明在可靠地提供实时地球物理数据方面是有效的。将维持从极光地带到极冠深处的五个AGO，为科学分析提供丰富的数据。将在AGOS部署额外的仪器，作为基于GPS的接收器，测量电离层中的总电子含量。这些科学调查将通过南极载人站、北极磁力共轭区域以及磁层和电离层航天器机队的补充测量而得到丰富。对学生的持续依赖为这项拟议的研究提供了更广泛的影响，并使这一努力在其教育使命中站稳了脚跟。