Undergraduate Mining of Incoherent Scatter Radar Data Bases

非相干散射雷达数据库的本科挖掘

• 批准号: 0925893
• 负责人: Carlos Martinis
• 金额: $ 25.9万
• 依托单位: Trustees of Boston University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-08-01 至 2016-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0925893&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Undergraduate; Mining; Incoherent; Scatter; Radar

The goal of this project is to conduct robust scientific analysis of large amounts of incoherent scatter radar (ISR) observations of the terrestrial ionosphere within the framework of a new educational curriculum for undergraduate and graduate students. The ISR data, which have been acquired from multiple facilities over the past several decades, are historically under-utilized, and this project addresses several targeted areas of upper atmospheric research to be pursued by students under the mentorship of the principal investigator. These research topics - assessment of long term trends, response to changes in solar activity, and characterizing the midnight temperature maximum - represent long-standing areas of significant importance to geospace science goals. The project will focus on specific research questions within these areas, which are both well suited for individual student projects as well as scientifically justified based on pilot studies and a thorough consideration of existing literature.

该项目的目标是在新的本科生和研究生教育课程的框架内，对大量非相干散射雷达对地面电离层的观测进行强有力的科学分析。过去几十年从多个设施获得的国际空间研究数据历来未得到充分利用，该项目涉及学生在首席调查员的指导下将从事的几个有针对性的上层大气研究领域。这些研究主题--评估长期趋势、对太阳活动变化的反应以及确定午夜最高温度的特征--代表了对地球空间科学目标具有重要意义的长期领域。该项目将侧重于这些领域中的具体研究问题，这些问题既适合于学生个人项目，也基于试点研究和对现有文献的彻底考虑而得到科学证明。