RAPID: Acquiring Extensive High Resolution Solar Data for Enhancing Research on the Build-up to Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs)

RAPID：获取广泛的高分辨率太阳数据，以加强日冕物质抛射 (CME) 的研究

• 批准号: 1024793
• 负责人: Sara Martin
• 金额: $ 12.5万
• 依托单位: Helio Research
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-04-15 至 2011-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1024793&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Acquiring; Extensive; Resolution; Solar

The Principal Investigators (PIs) intend to take advantage of a unique opportunity for complete access to the Dutch Open Telescope (DOT) on La Palma in the Canary Islands, which specializes in high-resolution solar imaging. For this project, this science team is being offered the entire 2010 observing season which runs from April to October at La Palma. This effort is extremely timely, given the delayed rise of activity in solar cycle 24 that has followed the deepest solar minimum in over a century. The year 2010 provides the only opportunity in this decade for scientists to study the rise of a new solar cycle after such a deep minimum of activity.The DOT is a superior facility for high-resolution ground-based solar imaging, taking advantage of advanced on-site optical speckle processing. The DOT exploits excellent daytime seeing conditions on La Palma which minimize turbulence and cloud obscuration. The DOT is also capable of tomographic observations of the Sun using filters set at nine wavelengths, with each optical wavelength sampling a different height in the solar atmosphere. This international research effort will directly contribute to improved space weather forecasts of coronal mass ejections and solar flares. The lead PI is from a small woman-owned company and this effort will directly involve four female scientists, as well as one additional female scientist as an external collaborator. This project therefore will contribute to diversity and increased participation of under-represented groups in the physical sciences.

首席研究人员（pi）打算利用一个独特的机会，完全访问位于加那利群岛拉帕尔马的荷兰开放望远镜（DOT），该望远镜专门从事高分辨率太阳成像。在这个项目中，这个科学小组得到了整个2010年观测季节（从4月到10月）在拉帕尔马的资助。考虑到一个多世纪以来最深的太阳极小期之后的第24太阳周期活动的延迟上升，这一努力非常及时。2010年为科学家们提供了这十年来唯一的机会来研究在如此深的太阳活动最小期之后新太阳周期的兴起。DOT是高分辨率地面太阳成像的优越设备，利用先进的现场光学散斑处理技术。美国交通部利用拉帕尔马岛优越的日间观测条件，将湍流和云层遮挡降至最低。DOT还能够使用设置在9个波长的滤光片对太阳进行层析观测，每个光学波长在太阳大气中采样不同的高度。这项国际研究工作将直接有助于改进日冕物质抛射和太阳耀斑的空间天气预报。首席项目负责人来自一家女性拥有的小公司，这项工作将直接涉及四名女科学家，以及另外一名作为外部合作者的女科学家。因此，该项目将有助于多样性和增加代表性不足的群体在物理科学领域的参与。