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。该奖项支持国家太阳观测站（NSO）的基础设施升级，这将确保当前NSO资产的可行性，以支持太阳物理界在未来几年，直到先进技术太阳望远镜上线。这些资金被指定用于支持前沿太阳研究，更换国家统计局望远镜和数据处理设施中失灵和过时的系统，并确保国家统计局观测站的来访科学家和工作人员继续安全运行。共拨款140万美元，用于更换过时和故障的仪器，对由于以前的资金限制而推迟的项目进行维修，并升级计算和数据存储能力，以匹配安装在国家空间局旗舰望远镜上的新仪器的输出。国家空间局的设施被太阳界用来解决太阳物理学和太阳成因方面的许多悬而未决的问题太空天气及其对地球的影响通过这些升级，NSO？支持这项研究的能力将大大提高。信息技术的升级将使各国统计局能够储存数据并向太阳能界更广泛的部门传播数据。国家统计局参与扩大研究参与的计划，如国家科学基金会天文学天体物理学研究和教育计划伙伴关系及其其他正在进行的学生计划，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 The funds are designated to support forefront solar research by replacing failing and outdated systems at NSO telescopes and data handling facilities and to ensure the continued safety of operations at NSO observatory sites for visiting scientists and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