Advanced Modular Incoherent Scatter Radar (AMISR) Operations and Maintenance: Looking Forward to a More Active Sun -- BOA (Basic Ordering Agreement)

先进模块化非相干散射雷达（AMISR）运维：期待更加活跃的太阳——BOA（基本订购协议）

• 批准号: 1239348
• 负责人: Roger Varney
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: SRI International
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-03-01 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1239348&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Advanced; Modular; Incoherent; Scatter; Radar

The investigators will operate and manage the Poker Flat and Resolute Bay Advanced Modular Incoherent Scatter Radar (AMISR) facilities. This effort continues facility operations and community support from the past five years, focused on assisting the research community by 1. directing use of state-of-the-art facilities in unique parts of the world, 2. providing access to a staff of scientists and engineers for consultation and collaboration, 3. providing logistics support for campaigns and long-term measurement programs, 4. providing easy access to various levels of processed and analyzed radar data, and 5. participating in the training of students and assisting student advisors. Knowledge of the Earth's upper atmosphere, ionosphere, and geospace environment has advanced significantly during the second half of the twentieth century due in large part to the use of incoherent scatter radars (ISRs). A detailed understanding of even the most basic processes remains somewhat vague, however, because such an understanding must encompass the strongly coupled systems of the Earth's upper atmosphere, ionosphere, magnetosphere, and the solar wind. At times, important temporal scales can range from seconds through days. Similarly, the relevant spatial scales range from sub-meters to thousands of kilometers. The AMISR radars have significant scientific advantages over existing ISRs, largely due to the rapid steering provided by the phased array antenna. This pulse-to-pulse steering capability can be exploited to resolve many of the temporal/spatial ambiguities inherent in measurements from mechanically steered dish-based systems. A phased array system enables the short timescale, three-dimensional imaging of ionospheric structures and the tracking of their evolution. Perhaps even greater scientific impact is realized by the ability of the AMISR systems to operate unattended and for some systems on a 24/7 basis. The AMISR facility is remotely accessible, and the ISR and ancillary instruments have been designed to produce processed data that can be made publicly available and distributed to the user community over the internet. The provision of user-friendly data and display capabilities, which meet the community's research needs, is an important part of AMISR operations. Support of a strong, distributed, and trained user community is very important to the overall scientific success of the AMISR project. The AMISR management team will work directly with the students and student advisors from a number of universities to assist with training, experiment planning, and scheduling. The team will also maintain a repository for contributed course materials, technical data, and facility instrument information.

调查人员将操作和管理扑克坪和雷索卢特湾先进模块化非相干散射雷达（AMISR）设施。这一努力延续了过去五年来的设施运营和社区支持，重点是帮助研究社区增加1.在世界上独特的地区指导使用最先进的设施，2.提供与科学家和工程师进行咨询和合作的机会，3.为活动和长期测量计划提供后勤支持，4.提供对各种级别的经处理和分析的雷达数据的容易访问，以及5.参与学生的培训和协助学生顾问。对地球高层大气、电离层和地球空间环境的了解在世纪后半叶取得了显著进展，这在很大程度上归功于非相干散射雷达（ISR）的使用。然而，即使是最基本的过程的详细理解仍然有些模糊，因为这样的理解必须包括地球高层大气、电离层、磁层和太阳风的强耦合系统。有时，重要的时间尺度可以从几秒到几天不等。同样，相关的空间尺度从亚米到数千公里不等。AMISR雷达与现有ISR相比具有显著的科学优势，这主要归功于相控阵天线提供的快速转向。这种脉冲到脉冲的转向能力可以被用来解决许多时间/空间模糊性固有的测量从机械转向碟式系统。相控阵系统能够对电离层结构进行短时间尺度的三维成像并跟踪其演变。也许更大的科学影响是通过AMISR系统无人值守和某些系统24/7运行的能力实现的。AMISR设施可远程访问，ISR和辅助仪器的设计目的是产生可公开提供并通过互联网分发给用户社区的处理数据。提供用户友好的数据和显示能力，满足社区的研究需要，是AMISR业务的重要组成部分。一个强大的，分布式的，训练有素的用户社区的支持是非常重要的AMISR项目的整体科学成功。AMISR管理团队将直接与来自多所大学的学生和学生顾问合作，协助培训、实验规划和日程安排。该团队还将维护一个存储库，用于提供课程材料、技术数据和设施仪器信息。