Collaborative Research: Electron Thermal Balance and Tests of Long Term Thermospheric Cooling at Arecibo

合作研究：阿雷西博的电子热平衡和长期热层冷却测试

• 批准号: 1012006
• 负责人: Frank Djuth
• 金额: $ 62.72万
• 依托单位: Geospace Research Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-01 至 2017-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1012006&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Electron; Thermal; Balance

This collaborative project has two primary goals: (1) to resolve a long-standing discrepancy in data/model comparisons of electron energy balance in the mid-latitude F-region ionosphere from ~105-600 km, and (2) to assess potential secular temperature trends associated with global change. Both studies will utilize highly-precise measurements of ionospheric composition and temperature acquired from incoherent scatter radar (ISR) at Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico, under both active and quiet solar cycle conditions.

这一合作项目有两个主要目标：(1)解决中纬度F区电离层在约105-600公里范围内电子能量平衡的数据/模型比较中长期存在的差异，以及(2)评估与全球变化有关的潜在长期温度趋势。这两项研究都将利用波多黎各阿雷西博天文台的非相干散射雷达在活跃和安静的太阳周期条件下获取的电离层成分和温度的高精度测量。