The Millstone Geospace Science Center

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。首席研究员（PI）计划开发一个地球空间科学中心，该中心将为Millstone Hill高层大气设施（UAF）项目提供控制、操作和科学集成，其中包括现有的现场雷达，以及为小型仪器分布式阵列和小型卫星任务的开发提供设施空间。该中心将为Millstone UHF雷达提供现代化的控制和接收区域，一套显示控制台和适合同时操作多个仪器的计算机，一个射频干扰（RFI）筛选接收室，一个电子实验室和一个能够支持重要网格计算的计算设施。对国家科学基金会资助的米尔斯顿高层大气研究设施的升级，旨在通过现代化和增强现有设备和服务，为科学观测和研究提供更好的支持。磨石天文台提供了对地球的重要测量。地球空间中心的站点升级将显著改善现场支持设备和数据服务器，并为教学和大型研讨会提供空间，这是目前住宿无法实现的。磨石教学设施的改善将为高层大气科学和空间天气领域的年轻科学家的培训和推广提供巨大的好处。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).The Principal Investigator (PI) plans to develop a Geospace Science Center which will provide control, operation, and science integration of the Millstone Hill Upper Atmosphere Facilities (UAF) program, which include the existing onsite radar as well as providing facility space for development of distributed arrays of small instruments, and small satellite missions. This center will provide a modernized control and receiver area for the Millstone UHF radar, a set of display consoles and computers suitable for the simultaneous operation of multiple instruments, a radio frequency interference (RFI) screened receiver room, an electronics laboratory, and a computing facility capable of supporting a significant grid computing.The upgrades to the Millstone NSF funded Upper Atmosphere Research Facility are designed to provide improved support for science observations and research, by modernizing and enhancing existing equipment and services. The Millstone Observatory provides vital measurements of the Earth?s upper atmosphere, and the Geospace Center site upgrades will significantly improve onsite support equipment and data servers, as well as allow space for teaching and large workshops, which is not possible with the current accommodation. Enhancements to the Millstone teaching facilities will offer tremendous benefits for training and outreach to young scientists in the fields of Upper Atmosphere Science and Space Weather.