Infrastructure Improvements at the National Solar Observatory

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。该合同将支持国家太阳天文台（NSO）的基础设施升级，确保当前NSO资产在未来几年支持太阳物理界的可行性，直到先进技术太阳望远镜上线。这些资金被指定用于通过更换NSO望远镜和数据处理设施中失效和过时的系统来支持前沿太阳能研究，并确保访问科学家和工作人员在NSO天文台站点的持续安全操作。总共140万美元将用于更换过时和失效的仪器，对由于先前资金限制而推迟的项目进行维护，以及升级计算和数据存储能力，以匹配安装在NSO旗舰望远镜上的新仪器的输出。太阳学界使用NSO设施来解决太阳物理学和空间天气的太阳原因及其对地球的影响中的许多突出问题。通过这些升级，NSO？美国支持这项研究的能力将大大提高。信息技术的升级将使NSO能够存储和传播数据到更广泛的太阳能社区。NSO参与扩大研究参与的项目，如NSF天文学和天体物理学研究与教育合作项目及其其他正在进行的学生项目，将受益于改进的观测和数据处理能力，使学生更容易从事前沿太阳观测工作

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This award supports infrastructure upgrades at the National Solar Observatory (NSO) that will ensure the viability of current NSO assets for supporting the solar physics community for the next several years until the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope comes online. The funds are designated to support forefront solar research by replacing failing and outdated systems at NSO telescopes and data handling facilities and to ensure the continued safety of operations at NSO observatory sites for visiting scientists and staff. A total of $1.4M is awarded to replace obsolete and failing instrumentation, to conduct maintenance on items that have been deferred due to previous funding constraints, and to upgrade computing and data storage capabilities to match the output of new instrumentation that have been installed on NSO's flagship telescopes.NSO facilities are used by the solar community to address many outstanding problems in solar physics and the solar causes of space weather and its impacts on the Earth. Through these upgrades, NSO?s ability to support this research will be substantially enhanced. Information technology upgrades will permit NSO to store and disseminate data to a broader segment of the solar community. NSO participation in programs to broaden participation in research, such as the NSF Partnerships in Astronomy & Astrophysics Research and Education program and its other ongoing student programs, will benefit from improved observing and data handling capabilities, making it easier for students to work with forefront solar observations