Collaborative Research: CEDAR--The Space-time Properties of High Latitude Ionospheric Irregularities by a Two-dimensional Array of GPS Scintillation Receivers

合作研究：CEDAR——通过 GPS 闪烁接收器二维阵列研究高纬度电离层不规则性的时空特性

• 批准号: 1139136
• 负责人: Gary Bust
• 金额: $ 13.68万
• 依托单位: ATMOSPHERIC & SPACE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-02-01 至 2013-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1139136&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; CEDAR; Space; time

The project entails the deployment of a two-dimensional (2D) array of GPS scintillation receivers in Calgary Alberta. The deployment of a large number of GPS scintillation receivers over a 2 km region will allow for the investigation of the temporal evolution of the 2D spatial distribution of observed amplitude and phase scintillations. The 2D time-evolving observations of GPS scintillations will be combined with comprehensive theoretical-numerical 3D forward propagation of electro-magnetic waves through random media, and inverse diffraction tomography techniques to provide quantitative linkage between the observations and analysis of the ground array, and the underlying physics and structuring of the ionospheric irregularities causing the scintillation observations. Furthermore, data assimilative techniques will be used to estimate large scale gradients in electron density, winds and fields, and compared with the scintillation results and auroral imaging to investigate to what degree knowledge of the large scale background ionosphere improves our understanding of smaller scale structuring.

该项目需要在卡尔加里艾伯塔省的GPS闪烁接收器中部署二维（2D）阵列。在2公里区域内部署了大量的GPS闪烁接收器，将允许研究观察到的幅度和相闪烁的2D空间分布的时间演化。 The 2D time-evolving observations of GPS scintillations will be combined with comprehensive theoretical-numerical 3D forward propagation of electro-magnetic waves through random media, and inverse diffraction tomography techniques to provide quantitative linkage between the observations and analysis of the ground array, and the underlying physics and structuring of the ionospheric irregularities causing the scintillation observations. 此外，数据同化技术将用于估计电子密度，风和田间的大规模梯度，并将其与闪烁结果和极光成像进行比较，以研究大规模背景电离层的知识，以提高我们对较小规模结构的理解。