DEEPWAVE: Collaborative Multi-Spectral Gravity Wave Imaging Measurements During the DEEPWAVE Mission

该项目将在将于2014年6月至7月在新西兰进行的DEEPWAVE实地项目期间提供地基光学成像测量。DEEPWAVE活动旨在了解从地面到100公里高度的地形和其他来源产生和传播的大气重力波，并将使用机载和陆基仪器。该项目将利用位于新西兰约翰山天文台的多光谱全天空成像仪。它将位于几条计划中的深水航道之下。这些测量将描述中间层/低热层重力波场及其时间演变的特征，还将产生固有的重力波参数，如深度探测飞行之前、期间和之后的水平和垂直尺度大小、动量和能量通量。数据将通过波士顿大学的一个网站以及CEDAR和MADRIGAL数据库传播，并通过新闻稿和非正式外联向公众传播。该项目将与新西兰科学家合作开展。

This project will provide ground-based optical imaging measurements during the DEEPWAVE field project which will take place in New Zealand in June-July 2014. The DEEPWAVE campaign seeks to understand the generation and propagation of atmospheric gravity waves from orographic and other sources from ground-level up to 100 km altitude, and will use airborne and ground-based instrumentation. This project will utilize a multi-spectral all-sky imager located at Mt John Observatory, New Zealand. It will be underneath several of the planned DEEPWAVE flight-paths. The measurements will characterize the gravity wave field in the mesosphere/lower thermosphere (MLT) and its temporal evolution, and will also yield intrinsic gravity wave parameters such as horizontal and vertical scale-sizes, momentum and energy fluxes prior to, during, and after DEEPWAVE flights. Data will be disseminated via a website at Boston University and the CEDAR and MADRIGAL databases, as well as to the general public via press releases and informal outreach. The project will be carried out in collaboration with scientists from New Zealand.